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SoRGo IN ILbIsoIS.-D. II. Rodgers writes from
Waltham, La Sale Co., Ili.s that "The present
season, has been very favorable TO sorgo, and the
breadth planted was very large, La Sale coun-
Y makes her own molasses this year, and sends
a good deal away to other markets In spite Of
the continual cry chat the cane deterorates, tie
average yield, this, Autumn is larger than the
three preceding, varying from $50 to 200 gallons
per acre, and richer than common 10 sweetness
This Fall We are making it tup.at so cents per
gallon, or half the syrup and the bestsell8 read
lily at ST 40 per gallon. have been sorgo
boiler for four years. and so speak frona expert
ence.. Wesfnd the best cane g all round is that
which comes the nearest in its Spring, Summer,
and Fall habits, to the first importatous Of Chi
nese cane, though il will be evident to any one
who thinks of the matter, that TO keep sorgo
seed Of variety, or, imphee Of any variety,
pure in fiat, open country like this, where winds,
birds, and bees can carry the pollen from tassel
to tassel across leagues of land is an utter inn
possibility, notwithstanding all that sorgo con-
ventions may say aboutthe matter. In this coun-
try we shall stick to the sort that did best this
year, no matter by whatname it may called. AS
to sorgo or imphee, mixing with corn, the
best testimony against such an idea is, that they
blossom almost invariably some four or six weeks
apart and unless there is some other bond of
sympathy between them, they can't mix Half
the cane planted in this country is planted near
cotn-6elds and Eneyer saw ii better than this
year.esiA"3 e. ti''9' = 7'oH3ti'ni -i9 ss2'.4a
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NEW 8 BEAUTIFUL ARTICLES.
CANFTELD BRO. s.

VEST CHAINS,
DIAMOND JEWELRY,
OF La TEST STYLES.
Stone, Cameo, Carbuncle,. Pearl, Enameled
and Gold Suits of Jewelry.
DIAMOND, ~SiGNET, PEARL, AMETHYST,
AND FANCY RINGS. as5 aD
Gold bracelets in great variety, Gold Buckles,
Pencils ThimbIes Spectacles, Eye Glasses,
Shawl Pins, Lockets, Sleeve Buttons, Tooth
Picks Pens and Pcncils, Necklaces &c. &C.
SILVER PITCHERS,
G0BLETS, CUPS, SPOONS AND FORKS.
Fruit Knives, Butter Knives. Salts, Nutmeg
Graters, Crump Scrapers, Fish Knives, Cake
Knives, with large variety Of Fancy Silver.
Silver and Pearl Card Cases apd Porinonnaies,
Snuff Boxes, Fans, Opera Glasses, Tortoise
Shell Combs, Shell Jeweiry, Jet Goods Box
Wood Jewelry, elegant Porcelain. and Gilt
Mounted Card Receivers, Vases. Caskets, Can
dlesticks, Work Cases, Scotch Plaid Goods,
with many new and beautiful fancy articles,
Clocks, Bronzes, Inkstands, &C., Papier Mache
Desks, Tables and Work Boxes Ladies and
Cent? Dressing Cases, Plated Coffee Sets, Bas-
kets, Castors. Butter Dishes, Fruit Stands. Eper
gnes, Sugar Baskets, Pocket and Table Cutlery
Parian Marble Figures, with many other sle
CANT and useful articles, just opened, to which
we invite attention. 5s,
Also, great variety Of
~ MILITARY GOODS,
Such as Swords, Epauletes, Sashes, Hats, Lace,
Buttons, &c.
---ft CANFIELD, BRO. d CO.,
229 Baltimore street, corner Charles.
Jan. 9, l564.-ly
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MODERN ECONOMY OF TiMR.-The Scientific
American thus shows how time has been econo.
mized by theapplcation of machinery ,,
One man can spin more cotton yarn now than
four hundred men could have done in the same
time in 1863, when Arkwright the best cotton
spinner took out the first patent m
One man can make as much -four in one day
now as hundred and fifty could century ago
One woman can make as much lace in day as
ahundred women could hundred years ago.
1t now requires only as many days TO refine
sugar, as ii did months thirty years ago.
It.onCe required six months to put quicksilver
on glass; new it needs only forty minutes.
The engine Of frst-ratc iron-clad, frigate will
perform rs much work in a day as torty7two
thousand horses.
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4 BRAVE Man Knows NO FEAR.-Admiral Far
ragut when captain was once awoke in the
middle of the night by the lieutenant ofthe watch,
who in great trepidation, informed him that the
ship was on FIRE near the powder magazine
q If that be the case, said Farragui, leiSurely
dressing himself, we shall soon know it,, 81
The lieutenant hastened back to the scene of
danger, but soon returned again, saying 49,
You need not he afraid, sir; the fire is all out"
"Afrsid ~ exclaimed Farragut "What do
you mean by that, sir?2 never was afraid in
my lfe.'' And looking the lieutenant hard in
the face, he added Pray, how does man feel
when he afraid2 | need not ask how be looks" !"
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va. 1t is rare that editors indulge in drop
too much, but when they do, their readers are
sure to find them out. 4 cotemporary was re-
Gently called upon to record melancholy
event." being pretty far gone in his cups, he
made bad job 1T sS.the following will show:
g Yesterday morning, at o'clock P. NJ, a man
with heel in the hole of his stocking commit
ted arsenic by swallowing dose of suicide. The
inquest of the verdict returned jury that the
deceased came to the facts in accordance with his
death. lie leaves o child and six small wives to
lament the end of bis untimely loss, In death
We are in the midst Of life
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@se Two fast young men, justreturnng home,
aftera nights carousal, saw the sun rising. One
it vas the moon. They agreed to leave it to the
first man they met. He also had been ont on a
lark q Excuse me, sir, but my friend and
have made little bet, whether that's the sun or
the moon that's now rising, and we We agreed TO
haveyou decide the NATTER '' Fact is, gentle
men, ! should be very happy but you see L m a
stranger 10 the city, and have also been out all
night ~ f}NbC5 fns
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SELECT POETRY.
rom the Atlantic Monthly, FOR January, 1865.
MY AUTUMN WALK. -

On woodlands ruddy with autumn
The am Der sunshine lies; g
look on the beauty round me.
And tears come into my eyes.
For the wind that sweeps the meadows
Blows out OF the far Southwest, sftr
Where our gallant men are fighting,
And the gallant dead are at rest:
The goiden-rod is leaning .I
And the purple aSter waves -
III q breeze from the land of battles
A'hreath ftom the land Of graves.
Full fast theleaves are dropping
Before that wandering breath
As fast, on tie field of battle,
Our brethrn fall in death.
Beautiful owr my pathway
The forest5poils are shed: l-i-a
7a They are spdting the grass zhillocks
With purpp and gold and red.
Eeautifulis ae death-sleep
OF those who bravely fight -g frf.yf e Z
In their couNry's holy quarrel, Il t....s
And perishfor the Right
But who shall comfort the living,
The lighlof whose homes'is gone: ..
The bride, that, early widowed,
Lives brken-hearted on faI
The matro, whose sons are lying
In grave on a distant shore;
The maida, whose promised husband i
Comes hck from the war no more ?
look or he peaceful dwellings ler
Whose indows glimmer in sight,
With crofsnd garden and orchard
That hak in the mellow light; FltlE
7 And kn@, that, when our couiiers
With n~s Of victory come, l -at f..
They wilbring bitter message
Of hopess grief to some.
Again / trn to the woodlands,
=. And slidder as see
The mocgrape's bloodrred banner aH
Hung at on the cedar.tree; .,... +.
And ! thik of days of slaughter, 4or
And thnight-sky red with famea,
On the Ckttahoochees meadows,
And thwasted bank Of the James.
Oh, for Il fresh spring-season, 3!Aic ~
1suI When le groves are in their prime, II
And far way in the future s-
Is the osty aotuhln time!
Oh, for tat better season.
When he pride of the foe shall yiold,
And the osts of God and freedom fo ~ p
Marchack from the well-won field; ~
And thelatron shall clasp her first,born !.
With ars of joy and pride .,f.{..,5 ,..--
And thecarred and warworn lover "s-" ~
403 Shall aim his promised bridel Glc9l ga
The LEAFS are swept from the branches; Is
4. Butlts living buds are there, 5gJ3 s3
With fded flower and foliage, .ftts,
To sput in kinder air.
OCTOBER, 49,
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Masculine AND FENININE.-Punch slanderously
says The sun is called masculine from his sup
porting and sustaining the moon and finding her
where wihal to shine away as she does at night /;
and from being obliged to keep such family OF
stars besides. The moon is feminine becanse
she is'constantlv changing just as ship is blown
about every wind. The church is feminine be-
cause she is married to the State, and Time is
masculine, because he is rifed with by the ladies.
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Nor A FIcrIoS.-Newspaper subscriptions are
infalble tests of q mans honesty, If a man is
dishonest he will cheat the printer in some way
Bay that he has paid when he has motor sent
money and was lost by nail--or will take the
paper and will not pay for it on the plea that he
did not subscribe for tor will move off, leaving
it come to the office he left. Thousands OF pro-
fessed christians are dishonest, and tho printers
book will tell fearfully on the final settlement of
the Judgment day. How many who read this
paragraph viii be guiltless of the offence charg-
ed ?-U s. Economist.
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WHERE ARE you GolNG Pan anecdote is told
of Finney, F" the revivalist," and canaler, to
the following effect:
He was " holding forth in Rochester, and in
walking along the canal one day, came across a
boatman who was swearing furiously. Marching
up, he confronted him, and abruptly asked
Sir do yon know where you are going u
Tue uususpectiug man innocently replied that
he was going up the canal on the boat . Johnny
Sands''
"No, sir, you are not, i" continued FinneS
you are going 10 hell faster than canal boat
can convey you"
The boatman looked at him in establishment
for a minnie, and then returned the question:
'Sir, do you know where you are going2"
. expect 10 go to heaven" ra m
No, sir, you are going into the canal ~ And
suitng the action to the word, he took Finuey in
his arms and tossed him into the nurky waters,
where be wonld have drowned, had not the boat
man relented and fshed him out.
1'sE Jlsr SAM.-Dnring the last winter a con-
traband'' came into the Federal lines in North
Carolina, and was marching up to the officer of
the day TO give an account of himself, wbereupou
the following coloquy ensued:
+" What your name 2"
+" Ny names Sam.'' ~
" Sam what?n a3s r.a- e4 al
4" No, sab not Sam Watt. Use jist Sam
whats your other name?"
- hasn't got no odder name, sab. Use Sam;
dat all. a5
-" What your masters name?n
. Use got no unasSa now massa runned away
yah yah E'sc free nigger now"
Well, what is your fathers and mothers
name2i' s
g Use got none, sab; never had none. Use
jist Sar-nobody else
/" Have not you any brothers and sisters ?"
"No sab never had none. No brudder, no
sister, no fadder, no mudder, no massa-no,hing
but Sam. When you see Sam, you see all dere
is of me-
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gsg- Artemus Ward says: " If am drafted
I will resign Deeply grateful for the unexpected
honor thus conferred upon me, shall feel COM
PEELED TO resign the position in favor Of some
more worthy person. ) Modesty is what ails me-
That's what keeps me under
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9sD- Monticello the former residence Of Thorn.
as Jefferson, in Albemarle county, Va.S was sold
at auction at Richmond few days since, under
the sequestration act, for eighty thousand five
Afnegro woman and her seven children, (all of
thelatter being under yenyears of age,) brought
twenty-three thousand dollars. A negro man
was sold for upward Of seven thousand dollars,
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G9~ Young ladies should not write poetical
love letters Such a one was written TO a Ken
lucky beau not long since, which so affected him
that he stole horse TO go and see the writer
and got into Jail to pay for getting in love with
a pOeteSS s4-s ua at sess fffet 74sate 81
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N This year there will be four ecipses-two
of The sun and two Of the moon. The eclipses
of the sun occur on the 25th of April and the
18th of October; those of the moon on the lth
of April and the 3lst of October.
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JOSH BILLINGS ON REvENUE. .-Vexashuso questions
under the revenue law frequently transpire, what
hav finally bin settled MP by tax Commissioners
Collectors will find their iators less heavy by
the follerin explanashuns which have karefullie
prepared from the original ressipees in mi per-
session:
A-4"sPirits Of the. just men made perfect, >,
don't cum within the whiskee bill
B-"Spirits Of the damned" ar construid the
same as damnable spirits, and must pa highest
whiskee rate. s.. 8 s9dI Ic3 sii6.t ~ .tI
.Cr7Ehe tax on ''undressed poultry is dom
bled 1.-THE moralsof the country seem to require it,
D-~jBolonar sarsage made in part Of dog and
part Of red flannel, must pa the duty Of flannel
also.
E-Awl tohaker (unless the manufactures dis
chrirninates what IL new and what il old chaws)
is elevated fifty per cent.
iiFt-Ministers Of the Gospel who don't dew
oyerfa $1,000 worth Of biziness year are ex--
empted.. SOC s63.so 4857a ~ y83e5a ,.,a9
+ yGF-Assessors are espeshily required tew see
that all men owning yheelbarrers are duly Ii
ceased. - 6; .F.,l-.~Y -,
H-rEnny man refusing to own wheeIbarrer
will Dc fined $25 for thefust offenseand $500 for
the Sekund ;'-3s' -@. -
1.-the duty 90 picknics2 and camp meetings,
and Foarth Of Julys haz been postponed for the
preScntA6 ser i4i7 :al f 800 ~ W02 ea5
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ia Democratic editor In Iowa says bis
paras taken the degree Of L. L. D,,--"' Lick
cd the devil
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Professional Cards.
NOTICE.

nR. ]. r. WARD can be found daily at his
il Joffice, until 81 o'clock 4. IL, and at o'eFk,
z. NJ.
Govanstown, Dss. 24.-4t
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A VALUABLE RECORD.
Electoral Votes for President and Vice
President of the United states
from 1889 to 1864.

Tho following Record, which we copy from
the Reading Adler, gives the names of The candi-
dates for President and Vice President Of the
United States from the adoption of the Constitu-
ton up to the present time, with the electoral
vote of each 1t should be preserved for future
reference.
George Washington was elected the first Presi-
dent of the United States under the Federal Con-
stitution, and was iDaugurated on the 3oth of
April, 1883. John Adams, being the next high
est on the list, was elected Vice President:
r,y
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/.
COMFORT or ANiaALs:-Ar n animal may be we'll
fed and apparently we'll attended, and yet be M
comfortable owing to the floor to stand or rest
on, bad rack manger, or some other incon.
venence III the stable; there may be q want of
exercise or change of food pure air, carling,
pure water, or something else necessary for com
fort he may breathe on his food and render II
offensive, or something incommode or render the
animal uncomfortable OF course his digestion
is impaired his appetite declines he will not grow
or fatten and is unfit for labor, and the female is
not in good condition for yielding good whole
some milk. If we intend our farm stock shall
be protitably kept, we must attend 10 their com
fort as we'll as their sustenance. They must be
well lodged rs we'll as well fed, or they will con-
sumo much hay and provender to little purpose.
II they are well Uttered, they will not only be
rendered the more comfortable, but the material
with which they are accommodated will make
good manure. Therefore, make your animals
comfortable. 1t is comparatively an easy matter
for those farmers who have nothing but good En-
glish hay and grain 70 feed out to their stock, to
have them look well and do we'll, but with some
farmers who have q great deal of coarse fodder.
it is a very different thing. II requires consde-
rabe stud Ito carry stock of cattle through the
winter on coarse fodder. and have them looking
well in the spring A person must be constantly
fixing up something that is palatabie for them.-
know Of no better way than to keep changing
from one kind 10 another, and in iudicious feed
ing, so as TO keep the appetite good. Thus one
can keep stock thriving and in good order
'''.',i ii' Nc,c York Farmer
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7 WAO ~ 4 n
WISNER 8 PRICE,

Alto ORNEYS At LA w..
Ofice-No. smedley Row, Towsontown.
HAVING formed partnership, will give
I'll prompt attention to sll law and chancery
business entrusted to their care.
Sep. IL, 1S64--ly 8ara
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DIR. sAMUEL KEpLER.

o6sccand Residencs--NEAR EPSON CHURCH.
Towsontown, Dec. 81, 1S64-1y
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HT A man may say thing twice if he
says it better the second time than the
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HEAR! HEAR!0IFI.1E "A rD.ulrg7I aIFT
THE FEMALES OF THE UNITED STATES
Are, asa class, proverbially feeble and unheal-
thy, and while wemay not hope for any change
for the better until there is better understan-
ding of the laws of health, we may, however,
congratulate theseomfnunity on the introduc-
tion of a remedy which has proved itself of
great value in relieving, and often caring entire
N the general nervous debility Of .femaies--we
mean Hampton's Vegetable Tincture.
For sale by Mrs: Shealey, 'Towsontown; S..
Miller Monkton; Ralph Duer, Cockeysviile !;
Mortimer Il Mowbray, Baltimore; Agents.
March Ply
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RATES or ADVERTISING

One square, (of 9 lines. or less one insertion.
SO cents; three insertions, 81; and for every
subsequent insertion, rs cents per square,
rs A liberal deduction made to those who
advertise by the year, or half year.
By consolidating the two Baltimore county
papers, the UNION has The largest circulation of
any county paper-in the State, and thus offers
superior advantages to advertisers. 1850
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Rheumatism.

And many others, who testify to being cured
rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Diarrhea, Debili-
ty, Decline in Health, Erysipelas, Disease OF
the Eyes. Female Complaints, Hip Disease,
Kidney Disease, Liver Complaint, Mercurial
Disease, letter, Tumor, Thrush, Vertigo, Wom
Disease, Nerves, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Palpi-
tation of the Heart, Scrofula, Spinal Disease,
&C., with numerous other Diseases, testified TO
by our own citizens.
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FARMERS SHOULD IMPROVE THEIR COMMON Schools.
So writes farmer from Verona Wis, who
says :" that half of the time of children is spent
with matters long since entombed OF what
practical use is it to Wisconsin farmers child
to learn to repeat that old table of the obsolete
currency of New England -Four farthings make
one penny, II pence one shilling, 20 shiiings one
pound? Or why should our children be taught
10 measure cloth by the ellis of the Flemish French
or Scotch7 Or to weigh articles By the rule OF
Henry VIII of England, in aliquot parts of tun
Of 2, ,240 pounds, which is almost as obsolete as
New England currency or Flemish ellis? These,
and many other absurdities still taught in COM
mon schools, farmers should eradicate as they
would pestiferouS weeds that make farming
drudgery; for attending school is q greater druid
gery-so much 90 that children to escape from
IT, will perform the worst work on the farm Iwish
that the Farmers Club, which you report in the
Tribune, would discuss this subject and awaken
farmers to the necessity of reform in all our
common country schools Aa
SoLoN ROBINSON The suggestion is good one,
not only for this club, but for every other club,
and for all scientific discussion that could inf1u-
ence the public to produce reform in this par
tcular. The reform is as much neededin this
city as any place know of AS it is common
practice of grocefs to sell articles by the aquot
parts OF 100 lbs. gross,p, which at wholesale
are never sold in that way. Sugar for instance
is sold so much for 81, 7. or Ia lbs, and not one
clerk III ten can tell readily the number of cents
il is per pound, aud have often been refused ten
pounds, because the grocer could not calculate
the price. must take it by the seven pounds or
not Mt all, and ! have sometimes refused TO deal
with grocers who sold goods in that way. If ev-
cry one would do so, it would cure the ridiculous
fashion. The only established tradein gross hun
dfeds is in fiourby the barrel, which is "seyen-
quarters after the cid English measure of ll2
lbs. per cwt. -four boards of trade in cities
would resolve that all -four aftera certain date
should be packed in barrels Of exactly 300 It's,
they would do much to abolish thatRooish old
English custom. We should all try to introduce
the decimal divisions of weights count and cur
rency in all onr trade; and there sno better way
to bring about this much needed reform than
through our common schools.--N. Y. Tribune.
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Our office, besides one of Hoes best Power
Presses, IS furnished with good Job Press and
all the necessary materials for executing plain
and fancy Job Printing with neatness and dis
patch.
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Amos F. Musselman,

ATTORNEY. n. =
Office No. 81 Lexington st., Baltimore city.
DRACTICEs in the Courts OF Baltimore
II county. .~sL
July 9, IS64.A1y
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va No paper discontinued until all arrear
ages are paid, unless at the option of the Pub
fishers. A failure to notify its discontinuance
will be considered renewal of subscription.
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Verify, Truth is Stranger than Fic-

A SMALL part of the testimony taken from
"A index of pamphlet of cures by HAMP-
IIIAr e I'll NfsTITP 4 -. 1.