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The Use of jeff. Davis
BY ELIzUR WRIGHT.


There may be some fish in the sea that do moi
believe in the existence of land They think wa
fer is omnipresent. So there may be lawyers, pos
sibly clients who think judicial functions appli-
cable TO every possible crime. Itmay never have
occurred to them that, supposing our courts to
outlive the world of probation, it would be alb
surb for them to try man, even for bigamy, o.
ter the day of Judgment. As to JEFF. Davis, he
committed and confessed the crime of treason
openly. in the Senate of the United States, more
than four wears ago. The day of Judgment has
nassed in regard to him. so far as such thing
can be in this world. He put himself on trial by
battle distinctly before God aud the whole people,
the authority by which all courts exist The YER
dict.of guilty has been returned, not by jury
of twelve men, but by God and all true men,
women and children. - -
Now it is seriously proposed, out of abundant
veneration for the forms and formulas by which
ordinary criminals are eliminated from society,
to ignore the whole of this remarkable trial OF
Jeff Davis before God and the whole world, and
invite him and his friends TO new trial OF him
and the question which they carried into the
court of war, in n little seven-by-nine court OF
reace We talked the matter to no purpose thir-
ty years. We then, on the motion of JEFF. Davis,
fought it to some purpose for four years We in
fact decided it both as to the man and his doc
trine. Now let us ignore the decision and talk it
again-to what purpose 9e.f.
There is better use for JEFF. Davis. There is
a better use for our Courts of Justice. There is
at least one criminal and one crime in America
that do not need a grand inquest to find them
out, and if there is any mortal who does not al
ready know them, an army of one-legged men
stands ready to beat the knowledge into bis Or
sf e - att5M IA ~
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For Sheriff.

Editors Union:
n NDGENTLEMEN-Seve persons having al
Wy ready been named for the important of
fee of Sheriff of Baltimore county, againsttwo
at least of whom not one word can be said, and
without disparaging the claims of either Mr..
Foster or Mr.. Cuttings, I would respectfully
announce to the loyal men of the county the
name of
LEWIS R. COLE, ESQ.,,
of the 9Th District, subject only to the decision
of the Union County Convention.
Of the merits of Mr.. Cole it is not necessary
that one word should be said; an old and high
ly respected citizen of Baltimore county, well
known to nearly every loyal man as one of the
firmest in the darkest hours of the rebellion,
his name would be tower of strength to the
Union ticket at the ensuing election, and in no
portion of the county more than in the
NINTH DISTRICT.
August 19.-tc. rs
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Terrible Disaster on Lake Huron.
At about 81 O'Clock on Wednesday evening
9th instant, two steam propelers, named the
Meteor and the Pewabic, ran into each other on
Lake Huron, when the latter was sunk in three
or four minutes. The boats were about miles
from shore and were running at the rate of IL
miles an hour. Both were filled with passengers,
and from IS to 100 of those on the sinking YES
sci were suddenly sent to watery grave. The
Meteor was but little damaged, and stayed near
the wreck to pick up such passengers as had
managed to get on pieces of the sunken vessel.
The passengers Of the Inflated vessel had very
merry time of it, and, it is said, were just get
ting ready to have dance when the boats struck
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First MARYLAND Cavalry.

This veteran regiment, commanded by Col. A..
w. Evans, was paid off and discharged at Camp
Bradford, during the week. 1t was organized
in August, 1861, and did hard and valuable SER
vice during the entire war. thought under Cen
erals Banks, Sigel, Pope, Stoneman, Kautz, Viii
son and Sheridan. Through recruits received at
different times, it is estimated that 1000 men
have served in its ranks. At discharge it num-
bered 81 officers and $50 men. Col. Evans, its
late commander, is graduate of West Point,
holds commission in the regular army, and is
a brave and skillful officer. This was the last
Maryland regiment in the service. 4. -.
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For County Treasurer.

r 7SSSDMessrs. Editors AS the time is not far
Wy distant when selection will be made
from among the Union men of the county, for
the office of Treasurer, without intending any
disparagement to others, there is no one who
has stronger claims on the public, nor is better
qualified for the post than
THOMAS COOPER, ESQ,
of the 18th District. He is gentleman of in
tegrity and purity of character, who would fill
the place without Partially or prejudice, and
would give general satisfaction to the people OF
the a COUNTY.
August l9.-tc
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The SOLDIERS GRAyEYARD.--The friends
of the slain heroes who, lie buried in this
place, will be gratifed to learn that the
last resting place of their loved ones is still
watched over and kept beautiful by the
kindhearted ladies of Middletown. Sever
al of the ladies by whose praiseworthy ex-
ertions the soldiers burying-ground was
enclosed with substantial fence year or
two ago, are now collecting funds for the
purpose Of rewhitewashing the fence, clean
ing out the grounds, fixing up the graves,
and placing new headboards to the graves
of those needing hem.-Middletos0n Reg
ister.
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To Advertisers.

The Season is now here for the opening OF the
Fall trade. The Harvests have been abundant
and the growing crops promise a rich return to
the husbandman. Country people are in con-
dition to buy, and will want an unusually heavy
supply of goods of every description, the coming
Fall. Many have been stinting themselves and
holding back for the close of the war. They
will now make liberal purchases. We call the
attention of Dealers in Fertilizers, Agricultural
Implements, Dry Goods, Groceries, wearing ap-
parel-in fact every thing that Country people
may want, to this fact. To secure a fair share
of the trade, you mast AdOertise. To those who
are disposed to do SO we offer the BALTIC. Co.
Uniou," confident, that from its large circula-
ton and the character of its readers, no more
advantageous medium can be found in the State
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800 Dollars Reward.

OTOLEN from me on the night of the last of
y July, large Gray flea bitten HORSE,
about l6 hands high, fit for Cart or Wa "
gon or any kind Of farm work. Twill I'D
give the above reward for the Horse y u
and thief or $50 for the horse alone. He went
through the Toll gate on the York road the
morning following, about o'clock, and stated
that he was going to little York. He also stole
Saddle and Bride and night halter. / have
reason to believe that the Horse is within fif-
teen or twenty miles of Towsontown.
a ELIAS SMARDON,
miles from Baltimore, on the B. & O. r.. R.
Aug. I9-2t.t
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Ter block Of a head with its crutches.

her block Of head with its crutches.
Resort to the needless formaity Of judicialIy
trying Davis, and the nation must hang him, or
make itself an ass in trying him. On the matter
of-fact, common-sense ground, that he has al
ready been tried by tribunal higher than any
and all others, and found guilty, we can hold him
as hostage for his rebel crew, during the joiut
This is the only use there is of man in his uu :
paralleled circumstances As a non-entity or a
secession sRint, he wonldn't ay.-The Boston
Commonwealth
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FLoRIpA.-Governor Marvin. of Florida

Governor Marvin, of Florida
addressed his fellow citizens at Jacksonville
on the I'd instant lie informed them as to
the plan Of the President for the purpose
DEMONSTRATION, giving his views on einan-
cipation, -confiscation and other topics he
deemed most essential to the welfare of the
people. Slavery" says the Governor,
'has ceased to exist. With the fall of the
Confederacy its cornerstone crumbled to
dust and the winds have scattered it," AT.
ter some advice to the freedmen, the Gov
ernor closed his address with an appeal to
all to cheerfully accept the new order of
hngs. -
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Stray Mules.

WERE taken up estray on or about the Sth
Wv of August, NINE MULES off,
bay and brown color. The owner or "a
owners of said Mules are requested toaeI~G,
come forward, prove property, pay charges and
take them away.
TH0S. WARD, Chestnut Ridge,
1ee Falls Road, II Miles from Baltimore.
. Aug. 19.-3t
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TAKE NOTTCEl

A MEETING will be held at Wiseburg
IN School House, or
.aa. Saturday evening, August 26th,
for the purpose of making arrangements to at
tend the Soldiers Reception at Towsontown,
September 18th. Veteran soldiers of the 18th
District, with all others interested are requested
to be present.
Aug. 19.-2t.
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NATIONAL TEACHERS CONVENTION. body
assembled st Harrisburg, Pa, on the 10th, about
500 delegates being present. Governors Curtin
and Bradford, General Geary and other promi-
nent gentlemen were present and delivered adj
dresses. ~ Z N n
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HEAVY ISooMEs.-The following are the in
comes returned by some of the Weather citizens
Of our District and County. Jas. Boyce Sic, sO3;
Thos. Cassard 27,6e2 Jas. A. Edmondson
$ls, 4Ooi JAS ]. Fisher see, cas- III. N. GAM
brill $s4 1856 Johns Hopkins $252, ss7; Jas. E.
Hooper $i4 ,sos; r. L. Parker sos, 937; Jno. e.
Owens $l4' 1876; H, G, Turnbull Sill, 2o2; Chas
q, Quinlin $s5,eps, e.' -. - s. S. +
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UNION MEN, take notice that the timefor holding
the primary meetings in the Bird and 18th dis
tricts, is Friday afternoon, September 18th, and
for all the others, on Saturday afternoon, Sep
tember both.
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In BALr1MoRE County ORPHANS CoURT, /
Il Au0uet 18th ISR5

In BALr1MoRE County ORPHANS CoURT,
August 10th, 1865.
ORDERED, that the lease of the Real Es-
tate of WILLIAM II. STINSON deceased, made
by Eugenia G. Stinson and Evan w. Warfeld,
the Executors of the last Will and Testament
of the said deceased, and this day reported to
this Court by the said Executors. be ratified
and confirmed, unless cause be shewn to the
contrary,
On or before tie 1911 day Of September, 1865,
Provided copy of this order be inserted in
some weekly newspaper, published in Balti-
more county, for three successive weeks, before
the 9th day of September, 1865.
The report states the amount of lease to be
S., 200 cash, and an annual rent of $l2O.
STEPHEN w. FALLS,
JOS. MERRYMAN,
Judges.
True Copy-Test: rorx n,,,,nou
Register of Wills for Baltimore county.
Aug. l9.-3t
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For Treasurer of BALTIC. County.

MEssRs. EDITORS PLEASE announce Capt.
HENRY WILHELM, of the 9th district, o
candidate for the next Treasurer of Baltimore
county. Capt Wilhelm has been brave and
faithful soldier in the 4th Md. Regt., was wound
ed in the service, and is man we'll qualified
for this position. We don't want the soldiers
overlooked in our county. We recommend him
to the people, believing he will be as true to
his county as he has been to his country.
THE SOLDIERS FRIENDS.
Aug 16.-6t
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CONTRACT AwARDED.-Mr Samuel f. Butler,
of this place, has received the contract for build
ing the new bridge over the Patapsco at Wood
stock. It is to be of wood covered with slate.
THO cost will be $4,000, to be paidin,equal por-
tons by Baltimore and Howard counties.
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FRUIT JARs.-The season is now here for put
ting up fruits for winter use. Nothing is more
desirable to the prudent housewife than a relia-
BILE selfsealing can, simple in arrangement and
perfectly sure to preserve the fruit Hamill \ Co.
l3l N. Gay street, have for sale an excellent as
sortment of these articles, and we would urge
our readers to call and see them.
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Anappealtoth the citizens of BALTIC. Co.
in behalf of the suffering peo-
nla of the South.

Permit us most respectfully to call the atten-
ton of all the friends Of humanity to the Amer
lean Union Commission, branch Of which has
been organized in Baltimore, composed of some
thirty prominent citizens, to give reliefto the suf-
fering people of those sections desolated by the
war, and to aid them in the restoration of their
social and civil fabric upon the basis Of industry,
| education, freedom and Christian morality.
Members of this Commission, from Baltimore,
have visited Richmond, Shenandoah Valley, and
other portions of the South where they found the
desolation so great that it almost defes descrip-
ton. An area of 10000 miles in West Virginia
has been overrun by contending armies no less
than twelve times, and stripped bare of all the
necessaries of life In Little Rock, Arkansas
there are eight hundred helpless widows and or
phans. Gen. Wilson telegraphs. from Macon,
Georgia, that there are from twenty-five to fifty
thousand persons who are absolutely destitute of
food of every kind. At Savannah there are two
| thousand white refugees mostly women and chill
dren, who are in the same condition, and four
thousand of the citizens, who, save in the item of
house, are equally destitute. Thousandsof 10y
al families have been scattered their houses burn
ed and they left homeless and penniless. The in
nocent suffered with the guilty. Such are few
of the many facts of the same kind that might
be given. Schools, also, for the masses of chill
dren who are growing up in ignorance and ire
ligion, must be organized. Industry must be
stimulated and directed.
When this work was presented to President
Lincoln, he said Gentlemen, this work must
he done, and it receives my hearty sanction. =
President johnson said: Any thing can do
personally or officially will gladly do.n
Shall we follow the dictates of our common
humanity and the sublime precepts Of the Gospel
to feed the hungry and clothe the naked !; orlet
famine with slow and certain step put them where
no help will be needed May we not hope that
with comprehensive view of the necessity of
this work, and with liberality commensurate
with the necessity Of the hour, you will come 10
the rescue of these impoverished and suffering
people2 7.ar so4sf,tf
Food, clothing of all kinds, and agricultural
implements, may be sent to G. S. Griffith, Esq,
81 West Baltimore street, who is giving his time
ard energy to this work, and money may be sent
to J. N. Brown, Treasurer, Baltimore.
OFFICERS: eg i7Ih
G. S. GRIFFITH, President S1ss
Rev. c. DICKSON, D. D., Vice President
j. G. BRIDGES, I'd {"
Hon. j. M. FRAZIER, Sd 's q g
j. n BRowN, Treasurer. - -
Banker, cor Calvert and Baltimore strs.
Rev. F. ISRAELI Corresponding Secy
Rev E. r. EscHBACH, Rec. Secretary.
Rev. O. M MCDowELL, Financial Agent.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - -
G.S. GRIFFITH, Chairman.
VIM BRIDGEs, ">~"s j. HENRY GIEsE,
JESSE Tyson, r.sr, j. N. BRowN, OH
WIN. B. CANFIELD, s-5g j. y. BRIDGES,
SAM'L NJ. SHOEMAKER, DR.. j. @. THOMAS.
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FINE PEACHEs.-The finest Peaches it has been
our pleasure to see or TASTE this season, came
from the orchard of Mr.. Jacob Wisner, near Tow
sontown. His crop is large and of the first quail
ity. They are selling in town for from ~ so to
So 90 per bushel
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ENCOURAGING John Ditch, Esq, has been
added to the collecting Committee Of the Sd dis
trict, for the Soldies' Reception on the 18th
September, and has already raised over one
hundred dollars. Let Collectors in other dis
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NOTICE no CREDTTORS.

A LII persons to whom am indebted are
IN hereby requested to present their bills for
settlement, on or before Saturday, August 26th.
GEORGE ECKHART,
near Shawan, Baltimore county.
Aug. l2.-2t*
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Ar PRIVATE SALE.
To the Tax Payers of the 9Th Elec-
ton District. 80 ~
ATTfTTONEERS, NOTICE.

TINE undersigned having obtained license,
more county as Auctioneer. Willattend prompt
Iy to all business entrusted to his care and guar
antees to give satisfaction.
JABEZ ARMAC0ST, "a
Black Rock, P. o., Baltimore county, Md.
Aug 5-3m#:
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FOR SALE.

A No. LIGHT NO-ToP TR0TTING WAC
AON, built by Dusenbury & Vandusen, Of
New York. In complete repair. Will be sold
at bargain. Apply at this Office. 97 (,
July 29.-3t - ~. n. ~ "
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SALE OF A Lone GREEN FARM.-Geo. r. Hunt,
ESQ. has sold the snug little farm of 25 acres,
formerly owned by Col. Jamison, deceased, for
the sum of $4,000. Samuel Kennel, Esq, pur-
chaser, ~.
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The Recognition on the 12th pr,o,xino

The Reception on the 18th proximo.
We are pleased TO learn that the returned SOL
diers Of t'the upper end" are making arrange
nents to attend the Reception at Towsontown
in body. Their example should be followed
all over the County. The Union people also,
both yonng and old, are maniiesting consider
able interest in the matter, we are informed
Let them all contribute little of their abundant
means to this praise worthy object, and make it
APPOINT to be present on that day with their
wives and children. Those who were appointed
to collect money throughout the county, are re-
quested TO report how much they have raised, 10
Jno. NJ. Wheeler, Treasurer, at Towsontown.
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CLOTHING ~!

j. G. PETER, Merchant Tailor
No. z, South Gay street, Baltimore.
NE EPS always on hand fine assortment
IN of the best goods, which he is prepared to
make to order at short notice. Also, Goods
made up that are bought elsewhere.
Aug. 5-1v.
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The TRIAL OF JEFF DAvIs.-A dispatch
to the Chicago Times, from Cincinnati,
says:
The Hon. George E. Pugh has received
an intimation that the trial Of JEFF Davis
will soon take place in civil court and he
has commenced preparations for the de-
Tense, which promises to eclipse, in crimi-
nal proceedings, any defense ever knownin
this or the old country. Mr.. Pugh will
join Mr.. O'Conor, Of New York in Wash
ington in few days, 800
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DEATH OF A MARYLAND JUDGE.-The Hon. Jas.
Smith, Judge of the Circuit Court Of AIIegany
county, died very suddenly near Cumberland
on Monday last He WAS riding on horseback,
when be fell from bis horse. He had beensuffer-
ing from disease of the heart, and to this is at
tributed bis sudden demise. He was an old citi-
zen of AlIegany county, man of fine legal at
tainments, and was distinguished for his. fidelity
to the Union, y efa go
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g UNITED We STANDARDIZED we fall

"United We standardized we fall. ;"
The last of the distracting issues in which the
Union people of Maryland were specially inter-
ested, has been disposed of by the appointment
Of the Federal officers for the State. Whatever
disappointments may have been caused, it be-
comes all good Union men to acquiesce in the
action of the authorities and laying aside all
personal feelings, unite in strengthening and
solidifying the Union organization of the State.
With the close of the war and the restoration of
National authority, there is no longer that strong
bond of common interest to hold the loyal peo-
pie together. The great objects of the Union or
ganization in the State being accomplished, pee
pie are apt to grow negligent and to fall back
into old ideas and bygone customs. The unsel-
fish loyalty of the past four years is apt to give
way for the old scramble for office and the use of
the old party machinery. Let us raise our uni
ted efforts against such result 1t is mist axe
TO suppose that treason has been totally crushed
in the hearts of rebels. The snake has been
scotched, not killed. And there are elements of
opposition to-day throughout this county and
State strong and vigorous even in their over
throw, which only need the opportunity to arise
and assert their strength. The least evidence of
discussion, the slightest indication of disaffec-
ton among Union men, will strengthen and en-
courage the opposition and invite anew contest
between the friends and enemies of the govern
ment ~ a8fn,ssfr 10 vMF lstf
Let US strive to avoid this Through the labor
Of the Union people new policy has been inau-
gurated in this State. This policy, so entirely
in accordance with the progressive spirit of the
age, must be fostered and protected by its au-
thors. immigration must be encouraged, agri-
culture improved, Schools built up, commerce
enlarged. To accomplish these and many other
laudable objects, we must continue 10 work to-
gether, shoulder TO shoulder, even to the sacrifice
of our personal hopes and feelings 31i hl II
In the coming Primary meetings of our con ntyI
especially let there be harmony, and good feeling
A little mutual concession, little yielding on
all sides, en- equable division Of the honors and
emolHments, an earnest desire to bring The beet men
before the people, and the result will be attained
Remember the motto" United sOe stand--diuided
ace fall /" 49,. ... .s,.t I
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Notice.

NVI1CE.
To Farmers Of baltimore County.
TNHE subscriber having established an Agen-
i cy for the purpose of supplying Farmers
with labor, is prepared to fill al orders for
WHITE OR COLORED LABORERS.
Those in want of hands can be supplied imme-
diately by applying to
OLIVER WOOD,
General Agency, 81 Second street, Baltimore.
Aug. 19.-tJan.1.