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any pefson, such person may exhibit such agree fient to tic Court of Probate where such child resides for acceptance and approtal, and said court shall theretpon issue an order of notice to all psrsons interested to appear and show cause, ifshy they haye why such agreement should not be accepted and approved by said court, which n0tice sliall be published for two weeks sucsesaivsly in some newspaper priuted in the county Whefe such child resides, and posted 0n the public sign-post in the town nearest the place of the residence ofsuch child at least six days before the time assigned by the cont for ths nearing of said matter:
 Seasa 1t daytime sssigded, and upon dds return of said nofce, the ecourt shall proceed to g hearing upon such matter !; ;and if the Judge of Probate shall be of opinion that it will be for the welfare of such child and for the public interest that said agreement or any other agree. ment which may be substituted there for with the advice of said judge shall be carried into effect, he shall note his acceptance and g ap- proval upon such agreement, and his accept ance and approval together with said agree rnent shall be recorded upon the records of said court; and such child, by such adoption, shall thereupon, to all intents and purposes, become the legal child ot the person by whom it shall be so adopted; and the person so adopting such child shall, to all intents and purposes, become the legal parent of the same, with all the rights and duties subsisting be- tween them, belonging and incident to legiti- mate parent and child by blood relationship. except as may have been otherwise stipulated in the written agreement aforesaid; and provi- ded that such child shall only inherit estate from the person of the adopting parent.
 Sec. 3. The court of probate may, by decree, at any time, for good cause shown, upon a hearing had for such purpose, annul such a. greement, and vacate any and all decreesmade in pursuance of this act, in which case all par t,es shall be remitted to their former state :; prou;ded that such decree shall not effect any suit then pending, or any right of action on such agreement. or persons under and by vir- tue of such adoption. ,e---5
 Approved, July 9th, 1884,
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Islshop ,& Set,gwick,

TNRALERS in DRY GOODS. READY MAIZE I Clothing. Boots and Shoes. Hardware, Crsskery. Groceries, Re-. &c.. West Street. Litch6eld. Conn.
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CHAPTER IxxxIn. Aa Aetin addition to "An act for the Settlement ofEstatss, Testate, lntestate and Insolvent."
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly conv en- ed:
 Whenever in thesettlement of any estate by court of probate, it becomes necessary to sell any personal estate to pay the debts and charg- es declared by said court, ox aay legacies char geable against said estate, said court of pro bate may, upon the appliction of the executor or administrator, order the sale of real estate instead of personal estate, if it shall appear to said court to be most for the benefit of said estate, that said real estate should be sold, in stead of personal estate; provided, that due notice shall be given to all parties in interest of the time and place of hearing said application.
 Approved, July 9th. 1864. CHATTER ixxxIy An Act in addition to a An Act entitled aAn
 Act for the regulation of Civil Actions"
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly conven- ed:
 That the act relating to writs of error that have been signed by Judge of . Superior Court, passed at me present sesSi0u Oi the General Assembly, shall not affect any suit now pending.
 Approved, July 9th, 1864.
 CHAPTER Lxxxy. An Act in addition to an Act concerning Do
 mestic Relations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ol ed: sec. !; Whenever the parent or parents ol any cnlld under the age of fourteen years, tht Has.a,an sSa or guardians ofany such child. with town where such child resides. ths selectmen q any town having in charge any foundli child more than one year of aee. or the narent. parents, guardian or guardians of any minor child moro than fourteen years of are. xith the assent of said minor in writing, shail bv wr;t- len agreement, give in adoption such cIild to
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A son was born, on the 5th of. August, to lsssc Tetro. of Washington, Mass, being the twenty-fourth child of the mother. who-is for ty-fye years old.
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Wm. H. -Braaaasa,

HEALER IN FOREIGN and STAPLE Dry O Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Glass Ware snd Yankee Notions, No. s, West Street, 1st deer vet sf the Court House. Litchield Conn
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CHAPTER LxXxvr. An Act relating to the Execution of Deeds
 and Specialties.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly conyen- ed:
 That all deeds of real estate and other instru- ments required by law to be acknowledged be, fore magistrate, which have heretofore been or shall be acknowledged before, an Assistant Town Clerk shall be adjudged to be. and shall be as valid as if said deed or instrument had been or shall hereafter be acknowledged before a Town Clerk prooided. nothing. herein con- tained shall effect any suit now pending. Approved July .9th,, 1884.
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CHAPTER LxXxvII. An Act to provide for the designation of Sol-
 diers' Graves.

dletS' Graves.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House Q! Representatives, in General Assembly conven- led ::
 That the comptroller of public accounts be and he hereby is directed to provide fo- tue erection of neat tablet of painted wood or other suitable material over the grave Of every soldier who, during the present war. may have died or may hereafter die in any military hos pital in this State anl have been. or be, bur- jed in any public cemetery in this State: such taplets to be uniform in shape, size, and style. and the name, age, regiment and company of the soldier in each case to be neatly and dis tinctly painted thereon, so far as tho same can be ascertained. e
 Appf6Fed, July 9th. 1864.
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HOIiister x >HickOx,

\ TTORNIES & COUNSELI.ORS AT LAW "A. Office in Ssymours Bsilding. Litchiield Nann. 20
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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
BayOnetu Radical


General Mcneil, in speech welcoming the
return of Missouri veterans to st Louis. said;
and many Others have stood tere, the
faithful senIlnels over every mans negro.
They dared this rebellion in order to open the
slave trade; they were afraid of the growth OF
population in this great bread-grOwing coun-
try, and broke the contract under which we
worked faithfully, and when they broke that
contract said we would make a new contrct
which would wipe out slavery. (Cheers) |
never should have interfered-I always have
been Conservative. thank God my father
gave me trade, and when he sent me out he
said he was putting loaf of bread under my
arm. / never asked for public Office; felt
conservative; l felt like sustaining every
thing that kept peace and quietness between
our neighbors. When this war came l said
we will hsvega new deal entirely, aud before
this war is done we will do away with the
cause of it. You may suppose am divergiDg
into the line of politices, but in this war a
soldier can not talk without getting into poll
tics; every thing is Political and bayOuets are
radical.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
Law Of Newspapers.

Subscribers who do not give express
notice to the contrary, are considered as wish
ing to continue their subscriptions.
2 II subscribers order their paper discon-
tiuued, publishers may continue to send them
until all arvearages are paid,
g. If Subscribers refuse or neglect 10 take
their papers from the Office to which they are
directed, they are held responsible until they
have settled their bills and ordered their pa
pers discontinued.
f. If subscribers move to other places
without informing the publisher, and papers
are sent to the former direction, they are re-
sponsibIe.
s. The Courts have decided that refusing
to take papers from the Office, or removing
and leaving them uncalled for, is ample evi-
denee of intentional fraud.
6. Postmasters neglecting to give reasOn-
able notice of papers not taken from their Of
fee, are liable to the publisher for their sub
ription price.
Z. Persons taking from the Office several
numbers of any paper sent them by the pub
Usher, may be considered subscribers.
8. No postage charged on papers within
the county.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
salt for Cattle.

Not long since we noticed little item, in
rather a scientific dress, going the " round oil
the press" which questions the utility of pnt-
ing salt in the food of either man or beast
Not ouly was The necessity of the article
questioned, but its use in any way, except as a
medicine, most pointedly condemed as inju-
rious. We d. not, however, suppose that the
world will at once see it in this same light
with this deep thinking reformer, who is pro-
baby little ahead of the slow age in which
he Ii, es In the meantime some of our read
ers will be pleased to know the amount Of
salt which farmers in other sections and towns
have given thair aocks and herds. We copy
from 'sThipson's Prize Essay which we find
in the Ohio Farmer.
In Great Britain, in the best farmed dis
triets, we find the allowance Of salt oscilating
around the subjoined figures, taken as a CEN
tire or basis
In Belgium there exists legal allowance
of salt. that which is intended for agricultural
purposes being exempt from the tax levied on
the ether and the law fixes for oxen two and
one tenth part OF an ounce, per head per diem.
This is too much for young calves. and too
little for bullOcks, according TO English and
German practice. Moreover, the Belgians
mix their unmixed agricultural salt with gyp-
sum or chalk. in order to render it too impure
for other purposes, before distributing it to
the farmer.
HoRsEs-To mix salt with the food Of,
horse. colt, ass, or mule, is frequent practice
in England and America. In these countries
the usual allowance for full grown horse, Of
middle height, is about two ounces per diem.
SHEEP he Romans give to their fiOcks
Of sheep, every fifth day, an allowance of salt,
amounting to about half an ounce per head
And this is, precisely the quantity which is
still employed in England and Saxonay. daily
for sheep full-grown and of ordinary size
Numerous experiments have proved that salt
is more bene6cial to sheep than to any ether
species Of cattle.
PIGs.--The best proportion to adopt as q
basis, appears to be one ounce OF salt to every
twelve pounds Of their wash, or twO-thirds OF
an ounce per head per deim for fulLgrown
pigs. 10 cases of anticipated disease the dose
may oe slightly increased.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
rHE aREATEsr prEssINa

] envy no quality of the mind or intellect OF
others-not genius, wit, nor fancy but if /
could choose what would be the most delight
full, and, believe, most useful to me, prefer
firm religious belief to any other blessing
for it makes discipline Of good, creates new
hoPss when earthly hopes vanish, and throws
over the decay, the destruction Of existence,
the most gorgeous of all lights; awakens life
10 death, and from corruption and deay. calls
upbeauty and divinity makes an instrument
of misfortune and Of shame the lader Of as
cent to paradise and far above all combina-
tions of earthly hopes, calls up the most de-
lightful visions of palms and smaranths,-the
gardens Of the .bIest, and the security of ever
lasting joys, where the ssnsualist and the
skeptic view only gloon, decay, annihilatiOn
and despair.-Sir II. DdVy.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
Rebel Supplies.

1t appears from the Richmond Enquirer
that the supplies of subsistence (Tndian cornl
for the rebel armies, including the army OF
Lee, are now chiefly drawn from Georgia aud
Alabama-two States which, down to the
outbreak of the rebellion, mainly depended
for their provisions upon Tennessee, Kentucky
and the Northwest, and upon Texas Bat
during the last season the fertile fields Of
Georgia and Alabama, heretofore entirely de-
voted to cotton, have been almost exclusively
devoted to Indian corn, and the result is a
corn crop in these two States believed to be
sufficient to supply the rebel armies east Of
the Mississippi till The next summer. At all
events, upon Alabama, Georgia aud North
Carolina the rebellion now depends for its
subsistence through the winter.
Virginia in some portions has been reduced
to desert, in other portions has been ex-
hauslsd Tennessee, Kentucky, th q great
Northwest, and all the States west Of the
Mississippi, are utterly cut Off from JET. Da-
Wis, and even Mississippi, extensively planted
in corn last spring, has, by the cOntendiug
armies within her borders since May last,
been almost impoverished. The cutting Of
the remaining railroad lines, therefore, be-
tween Virginia aud Georgia, ia compelling
JEFF. Davis to evacuate Richmond, will leave
this mockery OF . government without lo-
cal habitAtion or n name. Is il necessary 70
wait till spring to achieve this work % This
is the question which, from policy and human
ity, we would urge upon the attention Of the
administration.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
WORDS ron PoOR BOYS.

When was boy Of twelve years l was
working for twenty-five cents a week with an
old lady, and will tell you bad my hands
full but did my work faithfully. l used to
cut wood, fetch water, make fires, and scrub
and scour mornings for the old lady before the
real work Of the day commenced my clothes
were bad, and had ne means OF buying shoes
so l was often barefooted. One morning got
through my work early and the old lady, who
thought bad not done it, or especially i'll
humoFed then, was displeased, scolded me, and
said was idle and had not worked. said
[ had she called ma "a liar. I selI my spirits
rise Indignantly against this, and standing
erect told her that she should never have the
chance of applying this word to me again.
/ walked out of the house to re-enter it no
more. had not q cent in my pocket when
stepped into the world What do you think
did then, boysf Imet country-mau with
a team I met him boldly and hoaestly, and
offered to drive the leader if he weuld only
take me on. He looked at me in surprise,
but he said he did not think I'd be Of any use
TO him. oh yes will said 1; I can rub
down and watch your horses, and do many
things for you if you win only let me try
He no longer objected. got on the horses
back. 1t was hard travelling for the roads
were deep, and we could only get along at the
rate Of twelve miles day. This was how
ever my starting point. l went ahead after
this. An independent spirit, and sturdy,
honest conduct with what capacity Ged has
given me-as he has given you-haVe carried
me through the werld successfully.
Don't be down hearted at being poor or
having no friends. Try and try again. You
can cut your way if you live, SO as to please
Ged | know ils hard time for some of
you. You often are hungry, or wet with rain
or snow, and it seems dreary in the city, to
have no one to care for you. But trust 10
Christ and he will be your friend. Keep of
good heart and be determined to make your
own way honestly and truly through the
world. As 1 said feel for you; because /
have gone through it all, know what it is,
God bless yon GENERAL. MITCHELL.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
The Situation at Charlsston-Faots from Lady
Of That City.

Of That City.
The New York Herald relates some inter
estins facts derived from highly respectable
lady, who left Charleston on the lIth ult.
Her statements corroborates al that has
been reported Of the suaerings and privatiom
of the people of that doomed city, and indi-
Gates an aerly surrender through sheer necessi-
ty, if GlmOre's guns do not effect it very
speedily.
From the Battery, formerly tha fashionable
promenade up to the middle portion of the
city, Gilmore's shells have burst in every di-
restion, penetrating nearly all the houses, de-
moIishing some entirely, and compelling the
people to crowd into more distent quarters.
Many OF the most elegant residences on the
Battery have been laid in ruins, and others
unrOofed and torn in every conceivable
manner. Ali the stores on the principal
streets have been mere or less injured by
Union shells or Greek fire.
All the hotels except the Pavilion have been
rendered so insecure that thay are shut up,
aud no boarding can be had in the whole city
except at two boarding houses and the Paw
hon hotel The charge is six dollars at the
former and fifteen dollars at the latter All
the principal hotels are badly damaged.
Gilmore's guns had seemed to have been
aimed chiefly at the spirl Of st. Michaels
Episcopal Church, the most conspicuous OBJ
ject in the central part of the city; but
though the shells had hit almost everything
in that vicinity, the church had escaped un-
touched. The accuracy OF our firing was
matter Of much surprise TO the people.
The inhabitants, although they have been
compelled to abandon much oftha city, seem
to take their misfortunes with great sang
froid.
When the bombardment irst began the
people were terrified beyond description. Men,
women and children rushed out Of their houses
in widest dismay. Everything animate and
inanimate vas cleared out to places of safety
as fast as hCise flesh could carry it. Gun
powder being scarce, some poor people make
a business Of gathering up the nou-exploding
shells and selling them to the Government.
The lady describes the Merry Ohirstmaa"
which Gilmore gave them. The shelling COM
menced about midnight and continued till
noon. The furious missilea showered down
upon the city aud burst in every direction,
aud with such intense noise aud force as to
shake the buildings to their feundations--
we're shattered to atoms, and the
doors and shutters unhinged. Greek fire 6lled
some of the Streets and set many buildings on
FIRE. The people were thrown into a perfect
panic. Women who had before manifested
remarkable pluck, ran through the streets
in the most terrific tones.
The shelling takes place regularly at 10 A.
NJ. at 4 p NJ, and at midnight, continuing
each time about four hours. The principal
buildings of the city had been badly damaged.
Many of the best residences and some Of the
school houses have been turned into hospitals
for the sick and wounded.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
EmnncipstiOn in Maryland.

The subject of emancipation is now upper
most with the people of Maryland. They are
meeting the question squarely, and discussing
it with great freedom and fervency, Emanci-
patton seems on all hands to be forsgone
conclusion the emily question involved being
whether it shall be total land immediate, or by
gradual process, Much the larger class appear
to be for an immediate, thorough and entire
wiping out Of the plague-spot. The majority
for this policy in the Legislature was 50 en-
phatic as to be almost conclusive. From the
tone of the press Of the State, we infer that
the same sentiment prevails to near the same
degree among the people, where the subject
has now been sent for their final action. The
Baltimore American, in an able argument in IA
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12

sans reminders. Multitudes measure tbei.
health by the amount they can eat and Of
any ten persons, nine are gratffsd at an in
crease Of weight, ns If bulk were an index OF
health when, in reality, any excess OF fatness
| is, in proportion, decisive proof Of existing
disease; showing that the absoFbents Of the
system are too weak to discharge their duty;
and the tendency to fatness, to obesity, in
creases, till existence is a burden, and sudden
death closes the history. Particular inquiry
will almost unvaryingly elicit the fact, that Eat
persons, however rubicund and jolly, are never
well, and yet they are envied.
While great eaters never live to an old age,
and are never for single day without some
symptom" some feeling sufficiently disagree
able to attract the minds attention uupIeaa-
antly, small eaters, those who eat regularly Of
plain food, usually have no spare iesh," are
Wiry and enduring, and live to an active old
age. Remarkable exempIi6catious of these
statements are found iD the livea of centenA.
rians OF a past age. Galen, one Of the most
distinguished physicians among the ancients,
lived very sparingly after the age Of twenty
eight, and died in his hundred and forteith
year. Ketigern, who never tasted spirit Of
wine, and worked hard ell bis life, reached
hundred and eighty-fve years. jenkins,
poor Yorkshire fisherman, who lived on tie
coarsest diet, was one hundred and aixty-niue
years Old when be died. Old Parr lived to
hundred and ifty-three his diet being milk,
cheese, whey, small beer and coarse bread
The tavorite diet Of Henry francisco, who
lived to one hundred and forty, was tea, bread
and baked apples. Ephraim Pratt, OF Shutes-
bury, Massachusetts, who died, aged one hun-
ired and seventeen, lived chiefly on milk, and
hat in small quantity his son Michael, by
lmilar means, lived to be hundred and thre9
'ears old. Father Gull, Methodist clegy-
nan, died, last year, at the Uge Of one hun
red and five; the main diet Of his life having
'een salted swine's fesh {bacon) end bread
made OF Indian meal. From these statements
ine general readers out Of ten will jump to
be conclusion that milk is /" healthy" as are
aked apples and bacon. These conclusions
0 aot ligitimateIy follow. The only infer
ace that can be safely drawn is from the on
TACT running through all these csses-that
lain food and life Of steady labor tend to
Feat age. As to the healthfulness and life
rotracting qualities of any article of diet
amed, nothing can be inferred, for no two Of
le men lived on the same kind OF food all
lat Gamble rastionally and safely said is, either
at they lived so long in spite of the quality
food they eat, or that their instinct called
r particular kind of food and the grati6-
tiOn of that instinct instead Of its perver-
1n' with life of steady labor, directly caus-
healthfulness and great length Of days
must not expect to live long by sny one
ing which an old man did, and omit al
hers, but by doing all he did, that is, work
'adiy, as well as eat mainly a particular
ih,-[ Halls Journal.