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w The following is the
"nub'' of a yarn which is told
about a big whiskey guzzling
fellow who came home drunk
one night and sat down by the
fire to warm his feet, which
were regular "warm killers, .
says the legend; Afterdozing
some time he awoke chilly; the
embers we're entirely hid from
view, and seeing his feet, mis-
took them for his little boy,
when with a majestic side wave
of the hand, he said: "Stand
aside, my little son, and let
your poor father warm him
self.n
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PREcEPT AND ExAMPLE.-
Many people lead bad lives
that would gladly lead good
ones, but do not know how to
make the change. They have
frequently resolved and en-
deavored it !; but in vain, be-
cause their eRdeavors have not
been properly conducted. To
expect people to be good, to be
just, to be temperate, &C.,
without showing them how
they should become so, seems
like the Intellectual charity
mentionedby the apostle, which
consisted in saying to the
hungry, the cold and the naked,
"Be We fed. be We warmed, be
We clothed without showing
them how they should get
food, fire or clothing.-Frank-
i'm.
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Cory OF A SIGN UPON AN
ACADEMY OUT WEST. -'Free-
man & Huggs freeman teach
es the boys and Huggs the
girls" ,s r- -f-.i- .n-<I
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Sherif's Sale.

Sheriff and Auctioneer.
December 18th, 1866. nj 5ts
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ERossier livery Stable,

mss SITS
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Succession Notice.

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SheriG,s Sale.

December Sth, 1866. n37pf s
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baltimore.

rFrom the Baltimore Gazette.
There is an old saying which tells us
that threatened men live long If this
be true at all, il must be equally true of
threatened cities, In 1861 Baltimore
was 70 be ploaghed with cannon balls,
and sowed with salt. Billy Wilson's
Zouavos assembled at New York in
solemn conelaye, aud sworc drcadfully
mclodramatic oath 20 do wonderful deeds
uf daring in the streets Of our city
Enrthworks were thrown up on Federal
Hin and cannon mounted on them,
whose muIzlcs pointed mcnacingly at
Washington Monument, and "the Latin
quarter" represented by tho Cathedral.
The late Comman laut Of the fort was
profuse in his declarations Of the des-
truction he intended to inAict with his
guns at long range; whilst Butler, look
ing down obliqucly at the menaced city
from his safe stronghold, at Elk Ridge,
darkly intimated a purpose to introduce
poison into the yiands Of every house
hold. More than four years have elapsed
since then The agricultural services
of cannon balls we're dispensed with
The salt remained economically stored
away for table use or for stock feeding
The terrible Zouayes dogenerated into
meek lambs. Tho cannon on Federal
Hill never opened their iron lips except
to FIRE a salute The minatory voice oi
the Commapdant at the fort is mute in
death, and Butler, the poison-menacing,
woman-insulting Butler, has been bottled
up by Grant, for future exhibition, as
scientifc naturalisis are accustomed to
bottle up other monstrositics. Balti-
more still stands, and her people, sorely
harassed as they have been, still live,
and are becoming so prosperous that
Boston and Philadelphia arc pointing
her out as an illustration of what tact
aud spirit aud energy can effect, and as
an example to their own citizens. The
former eulogizes our railway system aud
the latter our enterprise in steam navi-
cation.
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A Wife,a Prayer.

81 "Lord, bless that dear person which
Thou hast chosen to be my husband
let his life be long and blessed, comfort
able and holy; and let me also become
great blessing unto him, and sharer
in all his sorrows, a meek helper In all
the accidents and changes in the world (;
make me ever amiable in his Dyes, and
forever dear to him ! Unite his heart
to me in all the dearest love of holiness,
and mine to keep him in all sweetness,
charity and compliance Keepme from
all ungentleness, all Observation-Disclosures,
and unreasonableness of passion and
humor, and make us humble and obedi-
ent, useful and observant, that We may
delight in each other, according to Thy
blessed word, and both Of us may re-
ioice in Thee, having our portion oil
Thy love and service of God forever
Amen"
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An UnIucIsy Dutchman.

Hillficker Snicksnacker, Teuton ic
vender of sour-kraut, wooden combs
crude cabbage, striped mittens, Gotten
suspcnders and 1iddledings, with true
patriotic zeal left his home in Lacrosse
at the commencement of the war and
enlisted as slop grocer keeper behind
the suffers tent, on the Potomac. When
he went away it was the intention of
making some monish, If It took all sum-
mer and nobly did he fight it out on this
line How he done it is best told AZ he
told it to us on his return last week:
You see Mr.. Bumroy, der trum bects,
und call COON to 60 to wars init arms.
lse be patriotic SO much as Sheneral
Washburn, or Sheneral 0urise, or Shen-
eral Bangs, or any dem Shenerals what
lives TO come home great men. So
buys some tings, and gets some bapers
from the War Committee and goes nit
ter poys ter be patriotic and sell some
liddle dings and make somo monish.-
| kiss my frow FIVE nineteen dimes, und
goes init de war. | goes to Shambers-
burg und makes much monish
I'm day poke my window un mino
head to hear ter serenade, and dink of
Something's, when see Stonewall Sbak-
son init his droops und der big brass
band coming down ter street playing
like ter tyful on der brass band,
"Whos' bin here since Ish bin gone?''
Dat Sthonewall Shackson is ter tyfull
init fighting, und / puts my monish in
mine pocket und mine little bapers in
mine bag, und goes so quick as never
was to Gettysburg.
Und dere opens some more sthore
und sells some more liddle dings
And un day hears men un der
horseback riding down der sthreet like
dunder, and den pokcs der winder un-
der mine head and looks myself up der
sthreet, and ders goomes dat tyfull
Sheneral Sthonewall Shackson, playing
dat same old tune as heard before,
who's bin here since Ish been gone?s
Den | make mine monish goms inter
mine pockets, und makes mine bag
goome inter bapers, und pute mine sign
on erpig store on der corner, so losses
more goods as ! had not got, und dings
go to Winconsin to see mine vrow, as
haint seen desc two years, so long time
as never wash.
Den | goomes home, and knocks und
der door, and my yrow she make talk
and tell me whose dar 2
Den says 'IIillAicker Snicksnacker,'
und she knows dat mine name, und she
make herself gooms out Of ter house,
und give me nine, seven times kiss on
mine face 50 good as never wash
Und now, Mr.. Bumroy, somebody
makes trouble NIT me, for Ish been
gone two years, und know some dings,
goes pack nit ter war und l sings dat
tam Sthenewall Shackson song all ter
way.--La Crosse { HTs Democrat
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An Irishman recently stopped at
hotel between here aud Des Moines,
where pretty high bills were charged
In the morning the landlord made out
the amount of damage" and presented
it to Pat. Aftor he had glanced over
it, the latter looked the landlord in the
face and exclaimed, "ye put me in mind
Of a snipe." "Whyy' asked the land
lord. Because you're very nigh all
bill"
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RELIGION OF THE PREsIDENrs.-Tf P

RELIGION oFTHE PREsIDENTs.-Tho
religious belief of the deceased Presi-
dents Of the United States, as indicated
BY their attendance upon public worship,
and evidence afforded in their writings,
IN may be summed up as follows Wash
ington, Madison, Monroe, Harrison,
Tyler and Taylor, we're Episcopalians
/. jefferson, John Adams and John Quin-
cy Adams, we're Unitarians; Jackson
Polk and Lincoln were Presbyterians
Van Buren was Of the Dutch Reformed
Church. The surviving Presidents are
Fillmore, Unitarian; Pierce, Trini.
tartan Congregatioualist; Buchanan an
Episcopalian and the present chiel
Magistrate johnson, who is Presby
terlan.
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THE MoNRoE DOCTRINE AND WAR.
The New York Sun comes to the con.
clusion that the nation is satiated with
war, and, to a great extent, exhausted
Impoverished and prostrated by the
desperate civil contest which has just
ended, and that every dollar of money
and every strong arm, are now needed
as they were never needed before, tc
repair, restore and replenish.
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rIFrom the Jefferson IN. " Dem.
The Union Restored! What
t.;ou; Thenf

Then bring us back those good old days
That haunt our memories yet;
And that fraternal love SO deep,
We never can forget.
Oh give us back the sacred tie
That bound our hearts as one;
The spirit Of our patriot sires,
The heart Of Washington.
For this was once our holy shrine,
We linger 'rougd it still,
The memory of q nations dead
The pride of Bunker Hill.
Roll back the fearful cloud of hate,
The see;hing bolts ofwoe;
That man. may treat his brother man
No longer as u foe.
Blot out the million new made graves,
Where sleep our brothers slaini
And bid million precious hearts
Throb back to life again.
Roll back the low ring cloud OF gloom,
Where tear drops fall like rain
And from the record bathed in blood,
Wipe out the purple Strain.
Give back the rights Of men and States,
For which our fathers fought
Take back the paltry thing instead,
Your LICENSE yearly bought.
Take back the crushing weight OF debt,
That freemen never bore,
Before you claim that you've restored
The Union as before.
Remove your arbitrary power,
Your military law,
The stamp act that your fathers spurned,
The Union never saw.
For the Union is no soulless thing,
With heart that cannot feel,
But tis the tic Of love that binds,
As magnet binds the steel.
The law ofmight may hold control,
The sword may crush and kill
But mighticr is a freeman's voice
That does freeman's will.
Opinion still remains the same,
Though men by force are driveni
And these shall wage mightier war,
Till tyrants back are driven.
The Union shall again prevail,
And love descend from Heaven,
To weep over wounds it cannot heal
Till folly is forgiven.
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WESTMINSTER. Md THURSDAY JANUARY 4, 1866.
stanton's vulgarity.

The executive documents are full of
contrasts--Stanton's vulgarity, as re-
vealed in his report, between the calm
dignity of the Presidents Message, and
the soldier moderation of General
Grants letter to the War Department.
This modern Carnot, as his admirers
call him, and We doubt not he would
have been a regicide if he had achance,
seems unable to control the evil passions
of his nature and now, when success
has crowned the Federal cause, and his
enemies lie prostrate before him, he is
as coarse and truculent as he was on the
trial Of Sicklcs, or when he was super
intending the tying of Mrs. Suratt's S
legs. While the President and Gen
eral Grant, with the instincts Of gentle
men, abstain from nick names and ugly
words, whilst, indeed, the General speaks
respectfully of the heroic valor of his
enemies, Stanton rails and scolds at
them like very drab. He repeats the
words "rebcls and traitors some fifty
times in his report. lie objurgatcs the
captive. He shakes his fist at the exile.
His manifesto is ten times as warlike
and yehemen, in tone as all the reports
Of the fighting men, unless it be his
friend Buffers, put together II is not
unlike stauza which We have lately
seen, from the pen Of poet whose pent
up yalor since the war is over thus
bursts forth:
And nov the quakiug air
Roars with repeated thunder,
lad the dery sobs ofthe cannon tear
Their brazon lips asundcr.
And "brazcn lips" they are which re-
peat, as does Mr. Stanton, the exploded
calumnythat tho murdcro of Mr. Lincoln
was the work Of authorized Confederate
agents. or that MIR. Davis was ain dis
guise" when he was captured. Mr.
Stanton knows that neither Of these is
true. As indecent is his reference to
the result Of the Presidential election
of 1864 as an element of military sue
cess ascertaiued from intercepted let
ters and despatchcs,' reliance quite
worthy Of Holt or detective Baker, but
hardly 6t for Cabinet minister.--Pha-
a,ieiphm Ag,.
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Susan Niper, on hearing that Powers,
the sculptor, was at work on bust,
exclaimed that she could not see how
any man could work when he was on q
bust, There is that Jim Ferguson, she
said, he is been on a bust ever siuce he
had that nineteen dollar bill paid him,
and he amt good for nothing whatever
to work.
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A Pennsylvania seyenyear-old was
reproved lately for playing outdoor with
boys she was "too big for that now"
But with imaginable innocence she re-
Piled, "why, grandma, the bigger we
grow the betterwe like 'eml !" Grandma
took time to think.
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If four cats with sixteen legs, can
catch fourteen rats with forty-two legs,
while an old woman with two tongues
is saying Jack Robinson, how many legs
must eight rats have to get away from
the same number Of cats in two minutes,
due allowance being made for tare and
tret?
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Charles Lamb, when a little boy,
walking with his sister in church. yard,
and reading tho cpitaphs, said to her
"Where are all the naughty people
buried 2"
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"There is a divinity that shapes our
ends, as u pig remarked when contem-
plating the kink in his tail.
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We cannot sully the flower aud sx-
pcct it to retain the freshness Of it,.
perfume.
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The mischievous winking of beauti-
fal coquette from under sweet hood, is
q very pleasant kind of hood-winking.
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The call TO religion is not call TO be
better than others, but better than
yourself
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Some people are never abreast Of the
age. They dive into the stream of the
past and don't come up again--their
heads stick in the mud at the bottom.
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A compass is said to have thirty-two
points, Tne compass of some mems
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Put your money into a box if you
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AMONG THE TOMBs.
An Autumn Ramble I'm Holly
wood Cemetery.

The following article, taken from the
Richmond Examiner, will be read with
interest:
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WARRINGTON ITEMS.
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.


So far nothing has been definitely agreed
upon with reference to the organization
and general deliberations OF the approach
ing Convention. 1t seems to be a nearly
settled fact, however, that no extremist,
eithc. from the 16DrM ~ South, ,riN be adj
miHc7. and hence such mcn as Fallandig-
ham in the North, Aleck Walker and Dick
TAYLOR in the South, may AS we'll save
themselves the expense Of Il trip to your
city. Such know is the feeling Of the
Democratic Union Club Of this city, and
such, there is nc question, will be the feel
ing OF the Conservative Union men every
where. The States should see toll there
fore, that no delegates are sent who would
stand the least danger Of rejection, as
their representation would he thus weak
cncd.-torrcpomicnce Phiiadrlphia LeLg0'.
SUFFERING At TIE SOUTH.
The most pitcous tales continue to be
received Of the suffering Of the poorer
classes in South Carolina and Alabama
these " States being appGsptly in the
greatest distress for the ncccSsaricS of life.
The Bureau is doing all i'll it, power for the
relief OF the unfortunate, and private con
tributions are also reported to be hume
rouS, including quite Il number from
abroad. But the work is Il great meal
most incredible, except to those who have
made 4 tour of the States in qucStion.-D.
ANTICIPATED ASSAULT uPoN TAMrICo.
kilograms of yesterdays date advise a
movement Of all the Liberal chiefs in the
ncighborhood of MatamoraS against Tam
pico, and strong confidence was felt III the
early capitulation Of the town.-D.
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REPORT or THE TOBACCO MARKET.

REPORT OF FIT TOBACCO ARKEr
TOBACCO EXCHANGE, RICHMOND, July 81.
Break very large to-day, and generally
of inferior quality. No change to note in
prices. Below VIC give the transactions !:
lO4 hogshcads and 2 boxes opened, y Of
fcrcd at auction, bids rejected on IL, 81
sold as follows s hogsheads low Tugs,
badly funked. from $3.50 to $3.50 ! hogs
heads common working and shipping Tugs,
from IS to $3.50; 10 hogsheads good work
ing and shipping Jugs, from 81 to $3.50; !
hocsheads common working and shipping
leaf, from $40 to Sl2.75; 10 h~ogsheads me-
dunn working and shipping leaf, from sl3
to sl4.75; IL hogsheads good working and
shipping leaf, from sl5 to sl9; hogs
heads medium manufacturing, from $3.50
to s22 | box medium manufacturing at
81. 50; l box good manufacturing at s29.
About 90 hogshcads changed hands on pri-
vatc terms balance held over.
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M UTFTs T'NI '0'.Ns
New Orleans, La, May i, 1866.

SERIOUS ArrRAY AT LANCASTER Court
morSE.-At a saw mill, at which a white
man and cx-soldicr, a South Carolinian, is
foreman, this white man had occasion 10
speak To a colorcd employee in regard t"
his work. The colored man rctortcd, and
the white man commenced 10 pnmmel the
colored man whercupon another colorcd
MAJ advanced and struck the white man
to the floor with an axe, breaking the
small bones in his back. This negro was
arrested, and the case was being lnveStl-
gated before the court on Monday the Goth
instant, when the white man who had been
struck, having recovered, entered the
courthouse, and with knife in hand fell
upon the negro, cutting him quite severely
about the face. The negro was rcmanded
TO Jail, the trial of course ceased, and the
white man was bailcd TO answer for the Of
fence Of cutting the ncgro.-Fredaich,S-
Iurg JclIcr.
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The "WIgWam for the Philadelphia
Convention.

PHILADELPHIA, July 30.-Thc wigwam
for the meeting of the National Union
Convention will be situated in front "f
Girard College, and is being rapidly but
substantially constructed.
Accommodations will be afforded fifteen
hundred delegates, with committee rooms,
&C., and about nine thousand spectators.
The place Of meeting can be reached ly
three or four lines OF passenger railroads.
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Interesting 10 Tobacco Manufacturers
and others.

WASuIHGT"N, July 3l.-The restrictive
regulation adopted by the Internal Reeve
nuc Office October 9th, 1865, against the
removal under bond, without prepayment
of taxes, of taxable products or manufac-
lures within the limits of the late insur-
rcctionary States, have been rcscindcd by
the Secretary of the Treasury, so that the
owners Of manufactures and products of
those States will be allowed to ship their
goods under bond without prepayment of
tayrS.
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Read the following letter from b. Bourne, q we'll
known citizen Of PittSburg, Pa:
PIrrsBrRa, May 10, l'c6.
M.ssrs. HDst,Her & S,RiM CONFERENCE.-The
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and fever, which brought me- 10 my bed. and hnaiIy
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was physically SO Frustrated that ! almost de-
spsired Of ever recovering my health-having
entirely lost my appetite for days, not being able I"
cat a morscl added to which, was much dis
trrssa,l with a recIing sensation III my head, ana
PASSED many s~le.pless nights-all from deblilty
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(OnSratuIatOry Message from Queen
Victoria TO the Prcsidenf-HiS Re.

"t
A>pY BAY, July 30.-Thc superintendent
of the Newfoundland line arrived here at
. o'clock this morning with a message
from the Queen Of Great Britain to the
President Of the United States, as follows:
"OsBoRN, July %, 1896.
" To the President IF he United States,
Washington:
"Thc Queen cOngratulatcs the Prcsi-
dent on the successful completion of an
undertaking which she hopes may serve as
an additional bond Of union between the
United States and England"
REPLY OF THE PRESIDENT.
"ExEcuTlvE MANSION, WASuINGToS,
"ll.30 \. NJ, July 80.
d" 70 hr Nqjcsty Qq.cn Of tie Uniisi Hing
domo Of Gr,at Britan and Heiand:
"Thc President of the United States
acknowledges with profound qualification
the receipt Of her Majcsty's dispatch, and
cordially rcciprocatcS, and hopes that the
cable which uuitcS the eastern and west
crn h~cmi>phcres may serve to strengthen
and pcrpctuatc peace and amity between
the Government Of England and the Re-
public Of the United States.
"ANpREw Johnson"