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The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1864-01-29
VOL. vIII.-NO. 5.

r. A NATION OF PIeMIEs.-In the Bay
Bengal, on the very high road of com
merce, is u group Of islands thickly cover
ed with impenetrable jungle, and swar-
ming With leeches in the rainy, and ticks
in the dry season. Except a species Of
pig, until recently unknown to science,
there are no wild animals that offer any
molestation to man; but to make up for
this deficiency the human inhabitants are
among the most savage and hostile that
voyagers have ever encountered. They
may truly be termed nation Of pigmies,
being on an average only four feet FIVE
inches high, and weighing from seventy
to seventy-fve pounds; but they are well
proportioned, and display an agility and
nimbleness truly wonderful. Their skin
is dark, though not as black as that of the
negro, and their faces are decidedly ugly.
They go entirely naked, shave off the
hair of their head with pieces of bamboo
or broken bottle, and further increase their
unsightly appearance by daubing them
selves all over with a mixture of red
ochre and oil, covering their persons to-
wards nightfall with thick coating of soft
mud, to serve sa protection against the
mosquitoes, with which in addition to the
leeches and ticks, they seem to be tormen-
ted the whole year round. They are ex-
cellent swimmers, taking to the water
almost before they can walk; and they rely
upon the water for the principal supply Of
their food-turtles, oysters and fish.
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1864-01-29

Hs-eMy dear, ,nsaid an affectionate
spouse to her husband, Tam Z not your
only treasure?''t Iass gAsa 81 ne
i aOh, yes;a wasth cold reply, nand 1
would Willingly Ilay'itup in ID heavenl
What an iisinaating wretch
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1864-01-29

Dar A rascally old bachelor says the
most dif6culs surgical operation ID The
wofla Is 10 take eaths jaw out of awonlan.
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1864-01-29
MEW GOODS,

THE undersigned have just received u
large and we'll selected stock of Goods
suitable for the season. They are con-
stantly making up the neatest work, and
the newest and most fashionable style of
BONNETS for the Fall and Win
&sa ter, to which they invite, the atten-
w. ton of the citizens of the town and
the surrounding country. They also de-
sire an occasional call from their Baltimore
friends, when they want something of ex-
ira style and finish, as they are aware that
the undersigned can and will take pleasure
in putting up work of that description.
In addition to all styles Of Bonnets,
they keep constantly on hand variety of
LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1864-01-29
SMALL WARE

Such as Ribbons, Laces, Gloves, Hosiery,
Suspenders, and many other articles in
the Notion line. .... .r IS
Thankful for the liberal patronage here
tofore given the firm, they expect by strict
attention to business to merit its continu-
ance. s.
M.J. WRIGHT s. MITCHELL,
Washington street, two doors north OF
the Railroad, and next door to Nixon's
Hotel, HAvRE-DE-GRAcE. sep25
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1864-01-29

No subscription taken for less than year.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-04-30

TERMs-Two dollars per annum in advance.
Glubs of ten, Sl7 Clubs of twenty, $50
All papers discontinued at the expiration OF the
lme for which they subscribed. .'.. '.' -r
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-04-30
From the Sunday Morning Chronicle.
IN MEnoRY OF LITTLE LAURA.
L o s T
Ell JOSIE s HUSE.

Ell JOSIE S HUM. ' e.. -s
a lily, broken by the rain.
Before single earthly stain
Has on its velvet wilderness lain
A snowy bird that close caressed
By the soft, brpoding mother breast,
DIres not forsake the sheltering nest,
And straight, be fore its silver wings
Have eyer stopped to baser thing6in
Flies up TO Heaven, and flying sIns4;.
eseand all other pure aud mild
And lovely objects undtfiled,
Aretypes Of what thou vert, my child ?
I know all Nature loved thee, sweet,
For have seen the golden feet -r
OF sunbeams track thee down the street
And in the gardens fragrant gloom
The lilies lean 70 give thee room =
Thyisweet face fairer thar tkeir bloom
And the wild rose thy grace surpassed,
With fond, rough, thoray hand cling fast
To thy soft garments as they passed;
And bees with murmurous wings outspread,
Halfdoubting, hover round thy head,
AS thir king it flower instead.
And thou didstlove them none the less
Thylife was but one brief earess
4. OF nature and her loneliness.
She gave her wisd ON to thy speech
Thy pure child's soul could gain and teach
Lore far beyond my grosser reach.
Thou learnedst even from the herds
Upon the hillside, and the birds
Lent their wild music to thy words.
The sunshine that thou didst beguile
Lay warmly in thy breast awhile,
Then sought thy lips and was smile.
We hear the far-off. wondrous sea
Breathe through the shell that used to be
a portion of its mystery.
Thou, dear, vert my moat peerless shell,
Rose tinted, pure in every cell,
In which for me there used to dwell
A murmur of thy distant sphere.
Through thee my love could, listening, hear
Gods Heaven itself sing at my ear.
All Nature loved thee, yet to-day .
She shows a smile as softly gay
AS though my darling were not clay.
She has not lost thee. and can bring .
Her birds about thee still to sing, a-'.
Her bees to hum, her flowers to cling.
All only am dispossessed 1854
She wears thy grave upon her breast.
A jewel beautiful and blest.
We lose the shell, and nevermore
We hear the SWEET, mystic ious roar
Of.ocean from the far-off shore.
And Heaven, alas in taking thee,
Has shut its golden doors to me =. ...a..
Of music and Of mystery.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-04-30
From The Atlantic Monthly for April.
TIL ILaST VISIT 70 TASHIIgI9B
a Story about Secretary Chase.

Id
One chill morning in the autumn of 1926,
in the town of Keene, New Hampshire, lights
might have been seen at an unusually ear
ly hour in tie windows of yellow one sto-
ry-anda half house, that sIood-and still
stands, perhaps-fP2n the corner Of the main
street and the Swanzey road.
There was living in that house a blind
widow, the mother of large family Of
children, now mostly scattered and the oc-
casion of the unreasonable lights was the
departure from home OF son yet left to her,
upon long and uncertain adventure.
He was a young man, eighteen years old,
just out of college. Graduating at Dart
mouth, he had brought away from that in
stitution something better than book learn
ng,-a deep religious experience, which
was to be his support through trials now
quickly to come. and through subsequent
prosperity more dangerous to the soul than
trials. He had been bred farmers boy
He was poor, and he had his living to get.
And he was now going out into the world,
he scarcely knew whittier, TO see what pri-
yes were to be won. In person helwas tall,
slender, slightly bent; shy and diffident in
his manners in his appearance little
green and awkward. He had an impedi-
ment in his speech also. His name--it is
~n edl ono. hnt you may rnrhaps have heard
twas Salmon.
He had been up long before day, making
preparations for the journey. His mother
was up also, busily assisting him, though
bfnd,-her intelligent bands, placing to-
Egether the ligen that waslo remind him af-
feeGngly OF her, when pnpacked in distant
city. ,.- .-.-a.r
A singular hush was upon the little house
/ hold, though all were so aetives The sis
tiers moved about Eoiselessly by candle light
their pale cheeks and constrained lips be.
traYipg the depressed emotion, The early
breakfast was eaten in silence, -anxiou;
eyes looking up now and then at the clock
FIt'was only when the hour for the starting O
the stage struck that all seemed suddenly t
remember that there were a thousand thing
to be said !; and so the last moments were
1 crowded with last words. s--e- G.-
hYour blessing, mother y said Salmon
(for we shall call the youth By 4he youth
I name, bending before her with his hear
ehokingly full.
She lose up from her chair. Her RICH
! hand held his the other was held lowing
! " over his neck Her blind eyes were turn
: ed up prayerfully. and tears streamed troI
them as she spoke and blessed him. The
, last embrace and he hurried forth ftor
the house, his cheeks still wet,-not wit
; his own tears. I
Tie stage took him up. He climbed t
, the drivers seat. Then again the dull clan
! lof the NUMBERING coach " heels was heard
r Ia heavy'sound TO the mothers ears. /
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-04-30

Oiee-Ne,os Buih4in0, corner Of Commercial street
ver F.E . Il end Saith dpenue.. .- -
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-04-30

Il will do so most gladly ?. said salmon,
shaking the boys hand. =. -.'s'' s'3' '''
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1864-01-22
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

TFyHIS rs TO GIVE NOTICE, that the subscri-
4 Der has obtained from the Register of Wills
of. Hartford County, Nd, Letters Testamentary
on the personal estate of
re. as,, JOHN MoFADDEN,
ing claims against said deceased are hereby noti-
fed to exhibit the same, with the legal vouchers
thereof, on or before the u
llth day Of January, 1865,
OF they may otherwise by law be excluded from
ali benefit of said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate are request.
ed to make immediate payment
Given under my hand and seal this llth day
of January, 1884, .rs gezstE ,ava@-
,6sspfl .ns4ss. s- John K. McFADDEN, ri,
janl5 Executor.
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1864-01-22
49, - ". .o-ssr D R,Ys
!:;i: RAME DWELLING,
And other necessary Out Buildings
THE TERMS or SALE

AS prescribed by the Decree are---one-
third of the elputchase money TO be paid in
cash on the day Of sale, or the ratification
thereof, one-third in six months and the
balance in twelve months thereafter, The
credit payments to bear interest, and TO be
secured BY notes or bonds Of purchaser
with security 70 beapproved BY lie Trus
tee. "a va tsg,s Il, 80 4' sgsss.,s
y DAN. SEQ TIT, y
8 Jant5 rs siss WI ssa.ts Trustee. z
The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1864-01-22
lLUT UR PARCEL OF NJ
T. u q WEf I'D,

4 j. q W sD
Situated in Baltimore city, at the corne,
formed by the intersection of the South
side of Jefferson street and the West sid,
of Argyle street, which was conveyed by
Joseph H. Boyd and wife to George Hart
man, by deed dated 9TH January, 1860,
and recorded in Liber G. E. S., No.. lS2s !
folio 2S2, Sc, and which is divided into
six contiguous lots, each fronting on Jef.
terson street twelve leot eight inches, and
extending back, parallel with Broadway,
seventy feet to a five-foot alley, and pay
ing ground rent as follows:
1st. A FEE SIMPLE GROUND RENT
of Twenty-Five Dollars and sixteen cents
per annum, payable semi-annually, on the
18th of June and December, out of the
lot situated at the corner, of Jefferson and
Argyle streets, fronting on. Jefferson street
twelve feet eight inches, and on Argyle
street seventy feet.
Cd. A Fee SIMPLE GROUND RENT
Of twenty-five Dollars and thirty-four
cents per annum, payable semi-annually,
on the 9TH day Of January and July, out
Of the Lot adjoining and binding on the
west side of No. /.
Sd. A FEE SIMPLE GROUND RENT
of Twenty-Five, Dollars and thirty-four
cents per annum, payable semi-annually,
on the 9TH day of January and July, out
of the Lot adjoining and binding on the
west side of No. 2. ~'". II ~
A. A Fee SIMPLE GROUND RENT
of Twenty-Five Dollars and sixteen cents
per annum, payable scmi-annually, on the
the 18th of June and December, out of
the Lot adjoining and binding on the west
side of Nos o@ -'> '..5' = . .-'-S
a5. A FEE SIMPLE GROUND RENT
of Twenty-Five dollars and thirty-four
cents per annum, payable semi-annually,
on the 9Th of January and July, out Of
the Lot adjoining and binding on the west
side Of No. 4.
G.! A FEE, S1MpLe GEouND RENr
of Twenty-Five Dollars and .-thirty-iour
cents per annum, payable semi-annually,
on the 9TH of January and July, out of
the Lot adjoining and binding on the west
side of No. 5. ts .a.s s... iA.ll
The property is improved by good and
substantial Brick DWELLlN G. HOU UsES,
nearly new. 6
THE TERMS OF SALE
As prescribed by the Decree are---lhat
one-third of the purchase money shall be
paid in cash on the day of sale, and the
residue in two equal ipstalments at six
and twelve months thereafter, with inte-
est, for which the purchaser will be re-
quired to give notes or bonds, with secas
rity approved by The Trustee.
HENRY w. ARCHER,
jams - .'Iss U C- E Trustee.a
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HOUSE FURNISHING STOREl
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-08-12

BLACKBERRY SYRUP.-The value Of this
syrup, as a contribution to the sanitary needs
of our sick and wounded soldiers, have been
prominently sat forth by Gov. Brough's ap-
peal for hospital supplies and statements from
other sources which We have lately publish
ed. The Toledo Blade gives the following
as most approved recipe for its manufac-
ture, being the same which produce the supe-
rior article sent to the Ohio Relief Associa-
ton from that city, and ELECTED Mr.. Wet
mores request TO be furnished with it in or
der to have the syrup made elsewhere:
"Take two pounds of the smaller Blackber-
ry roots and two gallons Of water, and boil
them down to three quarts. Add Eve pounds
crushed sugar and TWO pints best brandy. To
so gallons of Syrup thus prepared, were ad-
ded three pounds aIspice, and two pounds
each of cloves and cassia. The smaller roots
are much better than the larger one, on ac-
count of their possessing superior astringent
qualities" ierea'
Though backberries themselves are scarce
this year, the roots can be found everywhere
in abundance. 1t is little thing apparently
to make this simple preparation, bat it is not
a little thing to save the life, to preserve the
health, or to assuage the suffering, Of our
countrys brave defenders.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-08-12
Billings.

Proverbs by Joshua Billings.
Don't swap with your relashuns unless yu
ken afford to Civ EN- the big end of the traid.
Marry yung, and, if circumstances require
it, often.
II you can't git fine clothes, and eddication
too git The cloths fust.
Say how are you to everybody.
Kultivate mOdesty, but mind and have a
good stock of inpudence on hand.
Be charitable-three-cent pieces were made
on purpose.
Don't talk ennybody's advice except yoer
own. -.....
1t costs more to borrow than it does to
buy.
II a man fatters yu, ye can kalkilate be is
a roag or fule.
Keap boath eyes open, but don't say more'n
hsf yu nose.
Don't mortify the flesh too much twusn't
the sores on Lasures that sent him to heav-
en-.
Ef 700 itch for faim, go into graveyard
and scratch yourself again tumestun.
Yung men, be more anxious about the ped
igree yure going to leave than yu ar about the
one sum body left yco.
wud say to al! yung men, $50 in" and to
old felIers, ''Git out"
A good way to get ritch is tu run in debt
two hundred thousand dollars, and then go to
work and pay your debts.
Philosophers tell us the world revOlves Oh its
axis, and Josh Billings tells you that full half
the folks on arth think they are The axis.
n. B.-These are proverbs have stood q
hundred years, and hain't gin out yet.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-08-12
Josh Billings to the Girls.

Josh Billings to the Girls.
DERE GIRLS Keep cool. A blessed fu-
ture awaits 70 emmy how. Take lessons in
the pianna at Onst piannas are gettin' scase.
By awl mems larn to pla the last song that has
come: out when John Brown is over we
are father Abraham cumming with this kruel
war several strong" This stanza Tux the fnst
premium at the Slait fair Don't be afraid TO
get married you're ma want afraid. Larn
how 20 knit pudding bags tn put your hair in.
Be varluous and pretty. Eat slait pensiis
tha will max you spry at fggers. Eat kalone
water that will maik good smell. Let
yure pettycoats drag on the sidewalks, and if
emmy man steps on them aud tares oph the
rim slap his chops at opst.
II you have small feet, keep em hid-small
feet has gone out of fashun. Study travels,
Tom Moores and Byrons and Gulivers and
Wandering Jews and Vallaudingham IL awl
fust rate. Ifu 30 ken spare The time be luvly and
sweet Remember one thing, there aiut moth
ing in this life worth liveing for but rich
husband if you don't believe me ask your
ma.
Don't have emmy thing to do with the boys
unless tha mean bzness. If you don't know
how to skate, yu mite as we'll jiue sum travel
ing nunnery at onst for your played out.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-08-12
Notice.

ID OBERT SMALL, whose place Of residence Is sun uT-
did, on the I'd day Of August. D. 1854 he her petit
ton in the ONCE OF the Clerk OF the Court OF Common
Pleas within and the county of Delaware, in the
state of Ohio charging the said Robert Small with 1st
extreme cruelty towards petitioner ID with habitual
drunkenness for more than three years. Sd with gross
neglect OF duty to petitioner; and praying that ne
NAV be divorced said Robert Small; that che may
ne restored 70 her maiden of Harriet Meadow,
and that she may the control and custody OF her
children; which petition viii be for hearing at the next
term OF said Court and may be heard at any term Of
Court after the expiration OF six weeks from the 18th
day Of August, 1854.
Said Robert small is also notified that the said Hsr
rjet Small will take the depOsitOas Of witnesses in
said proceeding read the hearing thereof al
the house Of Jackson MITCHELL in the town Of Ross
Vile in the county Aamakee, in the State OF Iowa
On the 18th day Of October, A. D. 1854, between the
houra Of O'Clock A. m. and O'Clock p. M, OF said
dav: and depestons of other witnesses in said pro
ceeding viii be tax en- the office OF the Mayor OF the
itv OF Cincinnati 10 the county OF Hamilton in the
state OF Ohio ON the 2eh day OF October, A. D. 1854
between the hours OF O'cOk g. m. and O'Clock p
M OF said day the taking OF said depostous respect
lively will be adjourned from day TO Day necessary
until concluded Dated this Ssh day Of August 1864.
HARRIET SMALL.
By CARPER &VAH DEMAN, her At'ys.
August 5, 1s64-6cw SS,4b
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-08-12
PREslDENTLIHe0LN,

The editor of the Cleveland Herald, in
writing to his paper from Washington, says /:
"The President is exceedingly careworn his
face thinner than even year ago, his figure
is leaner and Iooser, and his whole bearing is
that Of man oppressed by weighty response
bilities." 500
Copperhead crOakers and criticts ridicule
Mr. LincOln's propensity to joke. Why that
very buOyancy of nature has preserved bis life
Some men take their tOddy toreinvigorate
them, to freshen them up, but Mr.. Lincoln
takes his joke and surely the Presidents
remedy is the most innocent and without bad
results. The world has abundant proof that
humor is the best possible panaeea for the
worlds cares, and he who would deprive Mr..
Lincoln of bis humor would take from him
one of the main props that sustains him in his
immense exhaustive labor.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-08-12
A. +. SEcHAND.

PAPER AND CLOTH FROM CORN HUsKs.-Iu
Austria they make very superior paper out Of
corn husks, but we see by the Washington
Chronicle that the Commissioner OF Agricul-
ture has received some specimens of bleach ed
aud uubleached crash. and oil cloths made
from the same material. All portions Of the
corn husk are converted into paper stuff; spin
ming stuff or husk meal, which is mixed with
common -four Nineteen per cent. Of paper
6bre ten of spinning material, and eleven OF
seed stuff are obtained, together making forty
per cent, leaving refuse of sixty per cent,
much Of it fine fibre and gluten, which may
vet be filtered and utilized. The manufacture
is said to be very profitable. The paper is
equal to the finest linen paper, and some Of it
is thought to be good substitute for pOrch-
msnt.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-08-12
DELAWARE, OHIO, AUGUST 1a, 1864.

proved to BEL to Galley, went to Mack, aud
found be had been stabbed in the back, and
seemedsto be bleeding from an artery. He
rallied, and helped him up the ladder 6nd-
the sick womao's bed empty, / laid him on it,
and ran out of the house to see what the mat
ter was, as l heard firing, and prepared to
make few profaHe remarks if those stationed
up stairs and outside bad allowed the man who
got up to escape.
When get there, found my men formed
behind courthouse, firing Oh q small SQUAD of
cavalry who were just going on hill towards
Halltown, and on inquiry, found that When
had fallen. the woman on the bed bad jumped
up; rushed to a window, and after firing a
pistol at one Of my men, made a break for a
small piece Of woods near, and Immediately
after this body of cavalry appeared, but re-
treated as soon as they were Joined by the man
who escaped, leaving two dead and one wound
ed man in our possession. In the skirmisb
they had wounded enc man slightly in the
shoulder.
Returning to the house, found McElrath
breathing his last, and we soon had the Cap
tain up and by his side on the same mattrass.
1t seemed that my second shot as he started
for the ladder took him in the left shoulder,
and to this he ascribed the fact Of McElrath
having held him. The one who escaped was
the very bird of all others that we wanted
for the daring fellow was Harry Gilmore.
Before leaving for camp found that the
alarming illness Of Mrs. Capt. Cheney was
only a ruse to occupy the bed, covering the
trap door.
Poor McErath was buried the next day,
and with the hon0rs due him.
Though eur little party received the con-
gratulations Of the several officers at the Fer
ry, we all felt that we had paid dear for our
success in the loss of McElrath. But some
would say " it was only private" What
though lie was, some heart achei as sorely and
truly, as your kind readers who have lost a
son or brother the Lieutenant or Captain.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-08-12

ww pursuance Of an order Of The Probate Court Of
4TTnion comfy Ohio made the 4th day of August,
a n 1854 in the case of Henry E. Pitcher, Guardian
Of Martha r. Pitcher Henry E Pitcher, Jr against
his wards and Helena A. Lotspeich and Jonn b. Lots
peieh her husband and Mary S. Pitcher, the under
Sirned will on the Sth day of September, A. D. 1904,
~ he ran iseR in the town Of Delaware, IN the cOun
tv OF Delaware and State Of OHIO offer at public sale
he following described Real Estate: Situate in Della
6Slaware and being the undivided One-Eah OF said
~ F1tsfe the whole Of Whfsh sdescribed as follows
5s rest half Of In-Lot number hftynne (59) in the
tovp 81 Delaware numbered the original record
I'd plat OF said town. =,
TsFRNS OF SALE:-One- third cash in hand on day OF
se onethird in one year. aud third in two years
Forn day or sale to be secured by mortgage on tht
nrewises sold The deferred payments to bear inter
HENRY 4. PITCHER, Guardian OF
Martha Z Pitcher and Henry Il. Pitcher, Jr
August 8. IsS4-6W. s6,4
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-08-12

A Coon REroRT.-The New York Jour
nal Of Commerce, quoting the oft-repeated
common phrase, that "the rebellion is on its
last legs" asks peevishly how many legs the
rebellion has got The Chicago Tribune an
swers
"Tbere is leg in Ohio called Vallandig
ham, one in Chicago called the Times two in
New York, the Journal of Commerce aud
World, and one 10 Cincinnati, the Enquirer,
besides two very lame legs at Richmond and
Atlanta. The Northern legs are the most
serviceaBle"