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E--A BY s. III. COVER. E2Rs
ElsaI NJ
s ssiasgssll- 'FiSUSFEES' SALE OF ABOUT -42-Ar-
ACRES OF LAND IN THE CITY LIMITS,
BOUNDING ON TIE PHILADELPHIA
TURNPIKE.

Ply virtue Of Decree of the Circuit Court of Bal
tmOre CITY, the undersigned Trustee will offer at
public sale at the Exchange Sales Room in said City,
on Tuesday the 18th day of April, 1886 at one
o'clock, z. NJ.
No. l. A lot containing about 27 acres subject to
one cent ground rent, fronting on the PHILADEL-
PHIA ROAD, about 365 feet and extending east
from uaerne street to Chesapeake street. and north
from the rhiladelphia Road, crossing Orleans. JEFF
terson, and Great McEderry streets. to what the
centre of the Old Joppa Road Near its western line.
this lot Is crossed by the strip of ground IS feet wide,
condemned for the use of the Northern Central Rail
road.
1t is improved with three-story brick dwelling
and one-story back building large stone barn and
other outhouses standing on the ro7d near Patapsco
street.
No 2 lies eat OF. and adjoining No l. and is in
fee simple. 1t fronts on the Philadelphia Road about
5Si feet, from Chesapeake street to the Methodist
Grave ard 1t extends north across Orleans and
Jefferson Streets to what the centre of the Old
Joppa Road, and contains about 10 acres Of land,
improved with substantial threestory brick dwell
ing and back building.
Pats can be had on application to the Trustee, and
Mr. d. j. Cummings. who resides on the premises,
will show the property.
IL Wi! be sold by the acre; Title unqueStionable.
IERMS:-i4 cash on the day of sale, the residue
IN o. T. and IS months, the credit payments to bear
interest payable half yearly and be secured by the
purchasers notes satisfactorily endorsed,
CLAS. ". RIDGELEY. Trustee
"a st. Paul street.
mh25-2aw2w-dts s.H. COVER, Auctoneer
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VNHIs is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
IL scriber has obtained from the Orphans Court
estate of MYER SCHIFF late of said city deceased.
All persons having claims against said deceased are
to the subscriber before the goth day of Sep
temher next they may otherwise. by law, be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate requested to
make immediate payment Given under my hand
this 10th day of March. 1896 -
FREDERICK A. SCHIFF,
mh2l-law4H " Administrator
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oEEICE U. =. ARmY,1

BALTIsORE. March q. 1865.
SEALED PROPOSALS. in duplicate, viii be re-
ceived at this office until Y NJ. WEDNESDAY,
April 4th 1866 for furnishing the United States Sub
sistence Department with BOXES for six months
viz from april l4th 1856 to October 18th. 1866 as
they may be required, of the following dimensions
No. l-l53 inches long, IL inches wide, - inches
deep-inside measurement.
No. 2-l312 inches long. 1917 inches wide, 8 inches
deep-inSide measurement.
No 3-l2 inches long, inches wide, inches deep
inside measurement.
To be. made of white pine. dressed inside the lid
outside also to be dressed
Samples be seen at No. los Lombard street.
Baltimore, where the Boxes are to he delivered.
Proposals to be on blank FORMS furnished at this
Office.
The certificate attached to the proposal must be
signed by two response BILE parties.
Payments to be made monthly in such funds as
may be on hand; if on hand to be made as soon
as received.
Each person, or every member of firm offering q
proposal, must accompany it with oath of alleg-
ance to the United States Government, if he has not
already filed one in this Office.
THOMAS WILSON
Bvt. 1t. Col. and C. S. U. S. A,
mh28-tA4 Byt. Brig Gen. Vols.
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DENTISTRY.
Wincheli's Steam Dental
! Establishment

gfYTAAtsA establishment,
~ D No. 1872 SARATOGA ST., NEAR EUTAw.
TEETH inserted on American, English and French
Vulcanite for only $40, $40, $40 PER SET. O'
DR.. Z. g. WINCHELL (recently from Paris) hay-
ing purchased the house 1872 Saratoga st. has opened
the largest and most complete Dental Office and Lab
oraory in the United States and will insert Artificial
Teeth in the very best style of the art warranted per
feet in every respect. at the above extremely low
prices. Filling Teeth made speciality having had
u successful practice In the city of Wheeling
all ordinary cases of toothache without the slightest
pain, and restore the teeth to health and usefulness
see specimens. ja5-ly
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NJ. L. WEEMS, Agent.
s=s=S FOR EASTERN SHORE, VA,
kGtSz4aI~ And
ID

INDIVIDUAL ENTERPRISE STEAMBOA
COMPANY.
UNTIL FURTHER ARRANGEMENTS.
On and after WEDNESDAY, March 7th, 1866 thes
steamers will run as follows: leaving Light stree.
foot of Camden at o'clock A. M, viz:
Steamer KENT,
Captain VIM. R. Norman,
For Annapolis and West River, daily and return,
(Sunday's excepted)
Steamer CHAMPION,
Captain ]. R. Griffith,
For st. Michaels and Miles River Ferry, every
Tuesday and Friday, and return same day.
For Oxford, Cambridge Denton and intermediate
landings Choptank River, every Wednesday and
Saturday returning on Thursday and Monday, leay-
ing Denton at o'clock A. NJ.
All Baggage at owners risk.
All claims for goods lost must be made within thirty
days from date of shipment.
FREIGHT received up to o'clock P NJ.
ja27-tf q. K. CANNON
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ttasseTgeIS gong 10 DCTC- ". .. will find the
route via Weldon and Gcds5orO be tho iIno5t ca.
pett!sOls and ecoGomlicut
Passengers axe notified that tits is the only Steam
boat Line by which Through Tickets ara sold and
Baggage Checked over the Segpoard. and Roanoke
Railroad. eld by which Passengers make connections
going South.
Passengers taking tho A. NJ Train from Eew
York, 95 A. NJ. or l1.50 A. II. Train from Philalei
phia, and 2.3Q ?. NJ. Train from Washington city,
will connect with this Line Passengers and theiI
Baggage transported free between Railroad Depots
aEld Steamers.
MOORE n. FALLS President
VIM. c. SMITH, SuperiUtond't
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
4. G.. 3HIc, General Agent 5. Il r. r. +.
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- = SAN
TIE FlRST-CLASS AMERICAN STEAMSHIPS
''WORCESTER,'
GsSAMFRSET
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Passengers Transferred to and from all Depots and
Baggage handled free of charge.

Passengers taking the A. N. train from New
York, II As a NJ train from Philadelphia, and 2.30 P
NJ. train from Washington, will make connection
sure with THIS line at Baltimore.
Tickets for above and Intermediate Points along
said Route. Through Bills of Lading for Freight
guaranteeing through price per 00lbs., also informal
ton may be obtained on application at office New
Line Steamers.
J. BIRCKHEAD JR., Agent.
sel9-eotf Baltimore
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Opponents of ReconStruction

The Washington corr, sponlcnt of the
New York Herald writes:
Some Of the most indcfatigablc workers
against reconstruction are 20 he found
among the subordinate officers Of .ho Freed
mems BGreau in the South They rs vet
only supply members of Congress with
data for speeches, and do not confino them
selves to the channels prescribed by the
regulations in their Transmission. This
procedure fiauks General Howard, whose
innate honesty would prompt him to sun
press many of the exaggerated yarns if
they came through the Office of the bureau.
In several districts they control ncwspa.
per or two, and they manufacture rubl;c
sentiment, which comes TO Congressional
deadhead subscribers through thc mails. rs
the expression of free and ndcpenient
press, is doyetaied into speeches, and of
course has its weight with the uninitiated
The New Orleans Tribune, paper of this
class, bound hand and foot to the Conway
clique, is regularly furnished to radical
members OF Congrcs, for the above named
purpose, Since Gen. I'ullcrtons visit to
the Louisiana district, and his correction
OF corruptions there, there has been con
siderable discussion and some i'll fce,ino
among the officers Of the bureau in lat
distric; especially, and many Of their Hi;lc
secrets have come out. 1t is evident that.
Notwithstanding General Towards efforts
to prevent it, the burcau has come to be
quite political machine. Unofficial news
from officers of the bureau and Southern
newspaper extracts quoted in Congressional
speeches should be taken with grain of
salt.
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The Administration nj worL

From the following, which we clip from
the New York Tribune, it would seem that
the Administration was at work in New
England:
HE ADMINISTRATION IN CoNNyc-
rIcur.-lt has leaked out that the Federal
oihce-holders in Connect;cut-postmaste
revenue collectors, tide walters, &c -orc
making strenuous efforts to get possession
OF the Union State Convention. which ;s
to assemble at Hartford, on February IA
The iuiention is TO have resolutions passed
there, endorsing the Presidents reconstruc.
ton policy, whatever that may be; to in
siruct the Congressional delegation of the
State to vote for the carly re admission of
tennessee, and generally to have the I'm
ION party OF Connecticut put forth platform
calculated to secure the movers in the nos
session OF their plans Senator Dixon left
ashington for New York, few evenings
since, 1t is believed, for the purpose of con.
ieTrins with delegation of Connecticut
oihcc holders upon the measures to be adopt.
ed 10 Insure the success of this movement
ana especially the platforms to be adopted. y
The Tribune evidently fears that the
Administration will be successful in Con
ncSi'cnt, and in advance is attributino n
responsibility to the Office holders that be-
longs really 20 the people.
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District ASSESSORS.

The following appointments of Assistant As.
SCISSORS for the Third Collection District in
soulh Carolina, have been made by the Presi-
dent, viz:
Richland-John b. Black, Andrew G.. Bas-
kin.
Lcxingtcn-BoliyarJ }. Hayes, Godfrey Leap.
hart. NF
Edgefeld- Richard C. Griffin, James O. Fer
rell, William w. Adams.
AbbcVillc George Allen, John II. Marshall.
Newberry-John s. Hair, Benson Jones.
Fairhcld-Richard w. Gaillard, Rob't Haw.
thOrnc.
Chesier-Thomas NJ. Graham, William But
Ter.
Laurens-James M. Boyd, James J. Shu.
mafe, Homer H. hcGowan
-, defson-Thomas s. Crayton, william Z
Walters, J. Scott Murray.
P!ckens-Washington f. Holcombe, Ben
Jamin +. Morgan. James +. Hagood.
Greenyille-William Goldsmith, Henry NJ
Smith, William T. Shumate
Spartan6urg-Joseph NJ. Elford,
Union-J. w. McLure, John c. p. Je.er.
fork-H. F. Adicks, Robert NJ. Wallace,
Walter b. Metts.
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The National Banks.

The Washington correspondent e tbs
Constitutionalists, says:
There is good deal of nervousness rvb;.h
is kept out of the newspapers as much \.
possioie,) respecting the issues of the Ma.
tionai Banks, 1t is true they are secnred
by the deposit of Federal securities hu,
iNe the seven thirties and ten. .fort;c,
Iwhich are much below the par of green.
oacSs,) they are not legal tenders excent
to the government. a man NAV NO, T.
compelled to receive them for a debt. It
seems to be the policy of the Treasure
department to diminish as rapidly as NOS.
sbie the Volume of "legal tenders hut
10 swell with at least equal rapidity. tho
volume OF currency that is not legal ton.
uer' mus 1t is proposed to fund the com.
pound interest legal tenders (amountinp 10
Sl'2,0O0,0OO) in gold bearing bonds and
TO withdraw hundred million dollar, in
greonbaeks, substituting them for an con.l
amount OF national currency. The result
may be that the National Treasury and
otate Banks may resume specie payments
very soon, and all debts become payable in
gold or Its equivalent, and vet these issuo,
OF the National Banks remain at nm nm
comfortable discount. AS soon as ~.
financial policy of the govcrnmant shall be-
iuily inaugurated the issues Of tbo N.
tionai Banks may fall to discount of Ave
per cent. The difference between lsr.l
tender aud not full legal tender, is known
oy ono tact The ten forties, besring FIVE
per cent. interest in gold, Cor moro than
seven sr, per cent, in currency.) sell at eS.
Inc interest bearing legal tender bearing
los.
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From thc'Alissoari Republican
Letter from Gen. Sterling Price.
CoRDoyA, MEXICO, Dec. lG. 1868


My DEAR SIR: Your kind and much es.
tecmcd favor of the 10Th ult., was handed
me few days since, and now proceed to
answer it, in camp and without shelter, but
upon my own six hundred and forty acres,
near the town of Cor,iova and the railroad
leaving frcm Vera Cruz to the city of
Mexico. The lands in this vicinity are not
surpassed BY any of the Platte land in fer
tiiity of soil, and in the finest climate I ever
saw; the thermometer never above ninety
degrees, or below seventy, and in full
view of mountains covered with perpctnal
snow am gratiGSj to &c able tc--;,
TINT as soon as the sarvcy was completed
the thirty Confederates now here, unani
mous!y rendered me the choice of sections.
l think | have made 9 jldicious selection
nave donated to the oolonists twenty four
acres Tor town-site on a rushing stream of
water and by large spring of excellent
water. We have laid off the ground into
town lots and named it Carlotta. after the
Empress, and we arc all now upon our lots
clearing away the brush to erect our houses.
| wrote my family to-day to join me bere
as soon US they can raise the means to do
so. cannot think of returning to the
States and be required to ask pardon for
the action took in the struggle L am
entirely satisfied with the part / took. l
would do the same again under similar cir
cumstances. did all that my talents en-.
ablcd me to do to avert the calamity Of
war. | was not secessioniSi, but when
the struggle came did not hesitate t. take
the side of the South.
pray to God that my fears Cor the future
OF the South may never be realized; but
when the right is given to the negro to
bring suit, testify before courts, and vote
IN elections, you all had better be in Mex
ico
There is no doubt of the stability of this
government. French troops arc arriving
every week, and the marauding lands that
have infested the country for ages past are
fast being cxterminlted; no quarters are
given.
When The character Of our lands is well
understood, immigration will be fixed
fact under any circumstances, and the
finest lands that ear ~ bc -roeured a, low
rates vii command large prices. | have
never known tho cultivation of lands to
yield such large profits. Ny ncighbor, Mr..
Fink "a man OF science), cultiyates (SO)
eighty acres in coffee with ten hands. and
sold his last years crop for $4,000. His
coffee field, shaded with every variety of
fruit trees, in full bearing, and the walks
frirscd with the pineapple, is the most
beautiful sight have ever seen.
am, dear sir, your friend, truly,
STpuiINt lpp,r-.
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WASHINGTON. january 10. 1866.


The Negro Suffrage Bill passed the House
without qualification by more than two.thirds
majority The negroes and their worshippers
appaudeo From the galleries and floor
shouts OF applause arose when the vote wn.
announced. 1t is decree of '.liberty and
equality. The question had been made one
OF strictly party character, and every man in
the House who was lot prepared 10 forfeit his
party relations voted with the majority. MANY
OF the republicans voted with q view TO force
an issue between themselves and their political
opponents. before the people, and also to force
fes'ucnt johnson TO an issue with their party
lhey know that they can keep the South out
oi the Union IN some way or other, and that
.or neir own term at least, they will be able to
cripple and control the Executive power.
The Senate will pass the Bill, as il goes to
them from the House. II would thus mss in
a shape that would serve to compel q vote from
me PRESIDENT. If he veto it, the conscrya--
iivcs triumph. II lie sign il. the Radicals will
use him rs their own stalking-horse for his
cteuit Tor purpose and consistency will greatly
aid them IN their future policy.
Inc whole amount of the matter is~this ;
whether the Negro Suffrage Bill be passed or
not, the Republican party intend TO Eecp the
South out o, the Union rs long rs they can The
most hopeful ofthc Conservatives have come 10
tins conclusion. Now will the President aid
them IN this design? If so, he will oppose
TINS their leading measure You will see in
the proceedings of Congress, Senator Wade :
SpeecA asalnts reccnsL uction. and the interlo-
cuiions thereon Whether il be done bv Iegis
lation, according to the idea Of Mr.. Sumner
on by The requirements of the President and
test oathS, the South is to be forced TO adopt
me r"dIca! measures. SO Mr.. Wade declared
that the Southern States, which had acted
under President Johnson's admonitions. tbat
they must adopt certain measures or be kent out
o! tho Union, will have the right TO repudiate
al nose measures they adopted under moral
oI PoIileal dnress. This is also Carl Schurz's :
argument against present restoration.
LEO
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From the London Times.
The Fate or Poland.


Numberless arc the melancholy details
toreshadowing the ultimate extinctions Of
the Polish race which flow in from every
part OF the Russian Empire! Gen. Kauf.
man, the Governor of Lithuania, will not
allow the sound of the Polish idiom TO be
heard in public. With view to the re-
aiizat'on Of this extreme ideal, he is trav.
cling In the country receiving deputations,
and lecturing people on their omissions
and commissions in the past. The Polish
nobility he has repeatedly asked on such
occasions to become Russians from the
sole OF their feet to the tip Of their tongues,
or At they want to be Poles, to be off at
once and emigrate to some non Russian
country. The townspeopl., most Of whom
are Poles, are inexorably fined for any
words in their native language uttered
aloud in public thoroughfare, aud quite
recently the General has also began to
chide the Lithuanian peasantry of the pro.
vince for talking Lithuanian when they
are Russians, and when it is most shame
ful Tor them to be heard speaking any.
thing but the language sanctified BY the
Imperial decree abolishing serfdom, having
been composed in it, It is in keeping
with this injunction that all instruction in
these provinces must be impaired in Rus.
sian, and that the teachers whose names
happens to terminate in XII" the charac-
teristic ending of Polish patronymic hayo
been commanded to change the revolution.
airy syllable for Its royal Russian equivalent
Soi. 1t is surprising that this Russian
fanaticism should be manifested by Gen.
erai, not Russian by birth, but German
servant of the CzarI
In Poland proper the same process Is
going on, with even more immediate re-
suits. Being the nearest to Germany. Il
has been invaded by German Capitalists.
buying up landed estates ut nominal prices.
With them came German labcrers, over
scers aud mechanics, welcomed by their
numerous countrymen already residing in
the Kingdom, ard like them, dispossessinr
the natives of their available sources Of
wealth. by this time there exist none but
German mills and manufacturers in Po-
land, and there are whole towns, such as
Lodz, Wroclawce and others, where the
educated classes and large portion of the
lower orders are either exclusively German
or moro or less Germanized. The Govern.
ment seems 10 be we'll content with the
growth of the German clement, which is
instinct'vely hated by tho Poles, and, ON
Its part, returns tie compliment by SUI
preme contempt. A short time since the
Warsaw authorities proposed to allow the
nobility some respite in paying up interest
Tor their mortsagcd estates to the National
Banks; hut though considerable portion
CT those estates had been taken from them
and distributed to the pcasantry in the
course OF the emancipation measure, and
there is no prospect as yet of the indem.
nltcation money being handed over to the
FORMER proprietors, the proposal was not
approved by the Central Government A.
ot petersburg This is first impoverish-
ing man, and then obliging him to meet
his engagements without d.lay.
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10 BUSINESS MEN-The Carolinion
says If you want to coin money, advertise /!
heccp your namc before the dear publo
Make 1t know you, think and talk about
you Make it believe that you are doirg
smashing business. Now days the
man who stops advertising might as we'll
tie Grape on his doors. Its the life of
trade, the animus of competition. If your
neishbor has one column in the morning
paper do you occupy two A thousand
dollars in newspaper always pays, and it
Is the knowledge of this fact, and the
courage to buy money for the time being
IN tins manner, that has made the fortune
oil hall the sardinc aristocracy of the coun
try.
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1t is secret known but to few, vet Of
no small use in the conduct of life, that
when you fall into mans conversation
the trst thing you should consider is.
whether he has greater inclination TO
Ecar You or that you should hear him.
Inc latter is the mcst general desire aud
know very able fattcrers that never
speak a word in praise OF the persons from
whom they receive daily iavors, but still
practice skillful attention to whatever il
uttered by those with whom they converse.
What is tho best TO prevent old maids
from dcs pairing Pairing.
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When the Southern members of Con-
grress left their seats in that body and ioin-
ed the rebellion, they were traitors Now
when they have left the rebellion and
want to take their seats, they are traitors
stili. The Republicans tried to prevent
their leaving their seats in the first in
stance, but they oppose their resuming
them now. How consistent!
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-02-15

30 FAR nan ought to make use of sus--
picion as to provide as If that should be
true that he suspects, il may do him no
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An old sailor said that he supposed that
dancing girls wore their dresses at half.
mast as mark Of respect to departed mod.
osiy,
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A contented mind and coed con-
science will make man happy in all con-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-08-25
Important Notice.
TIE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
En- Eilnity--E'iclxcms.

Hc ( S;.;' f:'' H&''. Bill 70; x, c.";,,",.o" !: vr
j. ". Earle t.as.
fENllE following Extract is from the Decree Of
L the Court Of Equity, in the above stated
"a lsc. namely:
:" 1t is tarcl and dccrec, that the sne of the
personal estate of William L. Keith he set aside
and that the Commissioner of this Court do pub.
lsh Rule against the purchasers to account
before him for the true value of the property
purchased. at tho time nf sale. except the Nc.
groeS, ar to surrender the said prnrcrty to the
Complainnnts. J. j. NoRroN aud w. q. KEITH,
Executors. md, on their neglect refusal to
do s". that then their purchases he resardcd as
valid. and the Notes given by them be collected.
The slaves purchased, being now free, cannot
he surrendered, aud need not Lc. but the pur
chasers to account for reasonable hire whilst
the said slaves were in their possession"
In conformity Herewith do hereby summon
the purchasers of the personal cstntc of William
l.. Keith, deceased, as sold by J. >. NoRToN and
W. g. KEITH, Executors, to be and appear be-
fore mo, in my office at Pickens Court lInusc,
On or befnre Monday the 18Th day of October
next, prepared with evidence to comply with the
requirements nf tho Decree as above Published.
ROB'r a. THOMPSON, c.Er.D
Com'rs. O!hcc, July 81, 1856. Bin