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Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-07-16
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Furniture Oars and Drays.
RA The subscriber begslsAy to notify his friends
~raarfA and the people Of Wilmington and vicinity
49, that he Htlll continues To keep at his old stand
SA91HAs corner OF
Front and French Streets,
furniture and Draya and excellent Horses hire
all hours Furniture and other articles will DO removed
from the Steamboat landing and other places In the city
with great care by nhnl and sober drivers. All who
desire draying eau be accommodated with prompness at
the lowest possible rstes. MORRIs WkLDIE.
NEW CROP OsAGE ORANGE SEED
N Also, LAWN AND ORCHARD GRASS HRRD. All
the varieties Of Seeds for early sowing, At
q. CHANDLER 4 SON,
maY21 In Gil Market street.,
no 7PH1NTE1 IA .---N sECOND-HKND
L DOUBLE MEDIUM BRoNsTRUP PRINTING PRIZES
complete in good ardeF will be sold at satsiaetory
| psiss ssssAppy at this ones 90 mehs.n
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-07-16
THE FARMERS MUTUAL FIRE
Insurance Company of the
State of Delaware"
(ORIdMAL Mill CRrsE, do.)

fORIatNAL MILL CRrBK, do.)
Tina Company continues 10 Oter 70 the people OF DelA
its superior advantages Of Insurance against loss
by fire. all descriptions OF property except Marine
risks -. an .. ,
noe in and attention the subject OF Mutual Insurance.
ban me rss to introduce the principle into sAte
by rssson or which, it is believed the Managers have
been enabled to adjust and discriminate oetWeen the
diferent varieties OF property render the member
hin among tho most equitable in character Of the numer
Gus Insurance Companies presented TO the public
IL takes credit itsAf that Its payments losses have
bssp 10 prompt and liberal that % years business and
losses hing 100000 not single case o. ga
ton occurred, and scarcely one without entire salts
faction to the parties insured.
Ioosipg more 10 the safety than the number and
amount sf Its risks Il has destined Hundreds o. Thou
ans OF Dollars Of Insurance, either as requiring too
great amount in single risk or as offering unht Oh
ects OF Insurance for tbs character Of the Institution
Iu this manner Il is conceived 1t has the safest and
most select list finsurancss proportion TO the amount
-otsr sx Millions Of Dollars of any other Company
syIdsnss Of t1s il mas not only reduced the rate Of
insurance at all times moderate, onesxth, during the
t two years. but presents clear surplus fund OF
SA Co., az security aganst assessment ON the Deposit
Notes which By the resort to Scrip ceIthcAtes o.
b. psying interest to them from January 1862, At hs
aeOf per per annum, thus making astill arthc
II commenced the year 1861 with real protection to
,b a eommnnitv ia Deposit Notes Of s750,ooO
snrplus Pund $4,000
Total nroteot,op. ssCO,Ooo
II is the work Of The Farmers Of Delaware aud suab
'h'' OusA' " f-''''-- President--JRssE SHARPE.
Secretary snd Treasurer-RoBRRT MooABH NJ
DIRECTORS:
Xii Wilson, Brandywins Id; James Delaplain, Christi
ana Hd; James Webb, Samuel Barr y. O. stotsenburl
and Jesse Sharpe, ilmington Hd Robert MeCsbe MI
Greek Hd- John r. Williamson, White Clay Creek I'D
George JAnvier, New Castle HID; Curtis D. Ellison Pen
eadeT Hdj John Q. CLARK, Red Lion hdi VIM Temple
smytna; James II. Burnham, St. Georges Hi; Charlie
n Fleming, Peter p Csusey, Milford Henry Todd, Dover
Charles Tunnel, Georgetown.
AGENTs-As well for reeeving applications for insui
anue as uues OF members: -
Eli Wilson, Brandywins Hd Robert McCabe, MI
Creek Hd; James DslAplAn, ChristianA Hd.i John
williamson, White Clay Greek Hdi Curtis b. Ellison
PeneadeT I'D Red Lion, St. Georges and Appoquinimin
Hundreds Joseph G. Griffith, Smyrna James CrPpeI
New Castle Hd; ChaPlva 4. Fleming, Milford. Chsrl'
Tunneil, Georgetown; Henry Todd, Dover
Communications general business addressed TO d
undersigned Wilmington, will receive Immediate aile
ion. -
ii, TM ROBERT MoOABR NJ d. Secretary
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-07-16
srnANaER,s auID g.

Strangers visiting our city viii md the follow
iug useful for references
Churches. Societies. Organizations or institu'
tions dssi,ing TO be placed in this list, Or having
anv changes 10 make therein, will please repor.
the same st.lhis Ciise. gr
CHURCHES AND CLERGYMkh.
ROMAN oATHorIu. n,l'
st. Mary's corner Of Sixth ana rins' nov
P. Reilly. 49,. WA, s,raa,a
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-07-16
MCDOWELL a co.,
CORNER THIRD AND KING STREETS,
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE,
INPoRrRR1 AND DRALsRs IL
IRON, STEEL AND COACH HARDWARE, &c., 40.

ALSO, BlTUMINoUs COAL
- Have always on hand full Asssrt1uent q
~aal4iAEEaz4Sa IRON AND STEEL,
- Best brAnd1 of American Hammered and
Rolled bars, English refined Bars Of all
ezes Hand Hoop and silt Iron, best Norway Nail Rops
and Anger shapes; Galvanized and Black Sheet Iron
Cast Shear, Blister, German swede Spring, Tire, Ma.
hensry and Tap Steel
smith, Coach and other HArdwara-Horss Shoes Horsa
Shoe Nails Borax, Bolts Clips, Nuts, Washers haoabie
oastingH Wagon Boxes, Springs Axles spokes. FsIoes
Shafts bows &C. Carriage Canvass oil Carpet, Rattinett
EnAmeled TOP and Dash Leather Gimbet pointed ScreWs
and Coach Hardware OF all kinds; Iron Wire Galvanized
Nails BAbbit Metal, Lead, Spolter Banea Tin, Sheer
and other ohAins.
Smiths and other Toola,--AnvilH, Vices, Bellows.
ssdgss Hammers, Shooting Knives. Files Rasps snith's
Dria Tire Bsnders rwere Irons, stoeks and Dies Coo
uer,s and othsr Mechanlcs' Tools.
All OF which will be sold at very low prices wholesale
and retail, for eash approved credit
January /, IaHb.-ian10-ly.
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-07-16

JAMES BRADFORD
MOULD respectfully inform his friends and the public
w generally. that he has
Removed to his New Store,
Nos. 4 and 6 East Third Street, asdr Mdrket.,
WILMINGTON, DEL.
Where he will keep constantly on hand full stock
PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS.
His faeities for conducting the business on the most
enlarged scale and in the satisfactory manner
net equRe1 by any other establishment In the State
whilst bits Is larger than In any between Phia
dephia and Baltimore, He returns his thanks to his
patrons The liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon
him and hopes by strict attention to business TO merit
nd reeeivs continuance Of their vors in his new ees
on pc
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-07-16

THE LARGEsT AND BEST
COMMERCIAL NEWSPAPER IN DELAWARE
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-01-11
Heavy on the Freedmen.

TFrom the South Sentinel, Columbus Miss
A friend coming from the direction of lib
bee the other day, found notice stuck up
on a gate post of a plantation, of which the
following is a copy:
ITO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN"
"This farm is not for sale, lease or rent,
or to be given away"
'The ex-junior proprietor thereof in TAX
ing his leave, desires, to return to the col
ored employees an everlasting and damnable
adieu!
''To the efficient and prompt manner in
which they discharged their arduous duties,
during the heat Of summer, | owe the total
destruction of my CROP!
''Notice is therefore given that | have by
mutual consent released all claims upon this
class of citizens, and that they are free to en-
list for and with any one DESTROYS of securing
their valuable services.
'sTo such one would say that they diff
fer widely as to the manner of enlisting,
none being willing to do so unless being first
allowed to retain the following necessary i'm
plements, viz:
Gone fveshooter and shot gun, three
dogs, two pleasure horses, one mich COW,
two sows and pigs, goats and chickens in
same quantity as white people, five or six
acres Of land for patch, according to size of
family, &c. ''For further particulars apply
"GREENnoRN, Late Planter"
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Richmond Advertisements.
JOHN G.. EFFIN GER,
WITH
JONES & HEWETT,
COMMISSION And FORWARDING MERCHANTS,

No. 6, 18TH Street, Bet,1eeao Main Dc Cu1y
RICHMOND Va.
Will give their special attention to the Sale OF
Tobacco, Grain, Live Stock, Merchandise and
County Produce generally, and tothe Purchase OF
Goods on ORDERS pledging to give helrstrlctper-
sonal attention to any business entrusted to them
a~Partes making consignments, liberal ad-
vanccS made.
We are well insured, sufficient tocover all con-
signments
BAGS FURNISHED AT THE SHORTEST
NOTICE.
REFERENCES IN AUGUSTA:
Mcclure & Bumgardner, S. NJ. Woodward Il
Bro, A. M. Pierceand Baker Brothers, Staunton;
Eli Hogshead, Esq, Meredith Hogshead and
A. Sproul Mddlebrook; A. w. Anderson, Moi
fetts Creek Bumgardner & Lipke, and VIM. r.
Smith, Greenville; Nelson, Gibbs Co., and
OFT, Spencer Co., Midway John E. King &
Co., j. S. Wallace, and Peter Hanger, Waynes-
boro; William McComb and P. Schumacher 4
Co., Fishersvile; Efinger& Walker, and VIM.
Crawford, Mt Sidney; Kemper& Patterson, and
Benz Craig, Mt. Meridian; Henry Koiner, Jno. r.
Patterson and Tollarius Koyner, Koiner's Store;
Dr. Saml Kennerly Hermitage; |. 4 J. Parkins,
and VIM. Crawford, Esq, Willow Spout. P. Il.
Wheeler h Co., Moscow.
Feb 23-tf
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-01-11

A colored man who had stuck to rebel Gen
eral Hood through thick and thin, and was
in hopes of being able to march into Nash
vile and pay his respects to lady of the up
pcr-crust of the colored society, when he dis
covered that the beseiging army was retreat
ing, determined to break through the lines
and throw himself upon the mercy of the
Yankees. lie presented himself to General
Thomas, hat in hand. when the following di-
alogue cnsued:
"Where are you from?"
else jest from de army, sah."
"What army?"
Mr.. Hoods army, sah."
"Where is Mr. Hood now 2"
j" He is leavin', he's leavin'"
"Ah! | thought Mr. Hood, as you call
him, was coming info Nashville"
f" No, sab Mr.. Hood thinks he can't do
htssef justice IN Nashville ?"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-01-11

VoTEs ON THE CHANGES The Richmond
Advocate contains some additional returns of
tho votes on the questions of change Of church
name, and admission of lay delegation, now
being taken in the annual conferences of the
Southern Methodist Church. Thus far TWEEN
ty-three Conferences have voted leaving four
still to be heard from. The following arc
the aggregates Of the votes as far as received:
For change of name to E. NJ. Church. 1884
hSuuiSu it.......s ....'.'.cVs
For lay delegation. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lOOo
Against .3OS
A threc-courths majority being requisite to
carry the propositions, it will be seen that
they arc both thus far defeated The con-
ferences yet to be heard from, could not, by
unanimous vote, carry the change of name;
and it is not believed that they will rescue
the other proposition from defeat. Both are
probably lost, notwithstanding the great pre-
ponderancs of sentiment in their favor.
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Che 5tannton DinoifaiOr
ADVERTISING RATES.
FOR LESS THAN THREE MONTHS.

Advertisements will be inserted at the rate o.
One Dollar per square of Ten Lines, orless for ev
cry insertion. Unless the number ofinseriions be
marked upon the manuscript it will be published
until forbid and charged accordingly.
Obituaries, Announcements of Candidates ior
Office, Communicat tons calling upon, advocating
or opposing Candidates, and all Comm cnications
or Notices of a personal or private character, or
intended or calculated o promote any private en-
terprise or interest will be charged for as advsr-
tisements.
GS- Special Notices cents pei line for every
insertion. sEHs
N9- liberal arrangement made with those
who Advertise for THREE, SIX or TwELvEmonths.
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POETRY.
For the indicator
THOUGHTS ON THE OLD YEAR.

One year mas passed, now quickly
How short the time now seems,
Since New Years morn we welcomed,
With bright and golden dreams,
Some hearts have throbbed with pleasure
Their dreams of joy fulfilled;
While Others sorrowing, suffer,
By disappointment chilled.
One year-how strange the changes
In many happy home,
No fears the thought had wakened,
That they would ever come
But now, loved forms are missing,
And faces glad and gay,
Will smile no more at greeting
Another New Years Day.
But memory brings some pleasures
To crown the passing year,
All is not grief unmingled;
All is not sad and drear.
Fond hearts have been united
In sacred, tender ties,
And some their troth have plighted
Beneath our Southern Skies
Sweet childhoods smiling faces,
With brow and cheek so fair,
And eyes SO brightly beaming,
Beguile our hearts Of care.
While soft and gentle fingers,
Touched by the hand of Love,
.Smoothe many a rugged pathway,
And point to joys above.
Old Time leaves many footprints
Not in the drifting sand,
Where storms, or ocean surges,
Sweep Ger the pebbly strand
Strange footsteps, seeming grcven
BY Times relentless will,
All may not see them clearly
But they are craven still.
The brows, once smooth, are furrowed
With heavy lines of care;-
And raven locks, are changing
To silvered, hoary hair.
And voices-soft as music,
Seem tremulous and weak,
While pale, careworn and sunken,
The maiden's blooming check.
Eyes, once with pleasure speaking,
Shine only through their tears
Or, dimmed by sorrows shadows,
See nought but anxious fears.
While some, with weeping, weary,
Look up at staMight.even-
And Faith grows bright while gazing
With thoughts of home and Heaven.
This year may bring its changes,
More strange than those now past,
For dark the clouds and threat ming
And gathering thick and fast,
The past looms up before US,
Like beacons on our way
How anxiously we're watching
For breaking of the day.
o seek not I and 0 acish not,
To lift Times mystic veil,
For should st thine eye but pierce it
Thy heart and flesh might fail,
Trust Him whose love is faithful,
Whose "wisdom cannot err"
He'll guide thee gently, kindly,
Through every fleeing year.
RosEMoNT, Jan. Est. 1867.
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Boiling Meats.

Never put them in cold water, but plump
them into that which is boiling briskly,-
This will coagulate the albumcn on the out
side, close the pores, and prevent the water
from soaking out the rich juices. If salted
meats need freshening, let it be previously
done with cold water, taking all needed time,
with frequent changing Of the water, if it is
very salt. Tough. cheap pieces Of beef, can
be made tender Al lalatable as follows: If
salt, freshen as above. Put into the pot with
a triAe more water than will be finally needed.
Set into the top Of the cooking pot a closely
fitting tin pale or pan, and Fill it with cold
water. If this gets boiling hot, dip out some
and add cold water from time to time. Boil
the meat until it gets so entirely tender that
the bones will drop out, even if it takes five
or ten hours. The steam and aroma or fla
vor of the meat will be condensed on the bot
tom Of the covering paaHr pail Of water. and
drop back, and thus bs<retained. When
thoroughly done, remove the cover, and slow
ly simmer down thick enough to jelly when
cold Dip out the meat, remove the bones,
place it in pan, pour over it the boiled
liquid, lay over it large plate, or inverted
tin platter, and put on Is to 80 pounds
weight. When cold, it will cut into nice
slices, and if lean and fat or white meat be
mixed, it will be beautifully marbled. The
juice will jelly and compactit firmly together,
and you will have nice juicy meat, good for
breakfast, dinner or supper, and so tender
that poor teeth can masticate it. Fresh beef,
or corned beef well freshcned in cold water,
may be used in this way with decided econo-
nv, and it is far superior to meat boiled in
an open vessel, from which the flavor has
constantly escaped, as you can perceive by
the odor all through the house, if Bridget
leaves the kitchen door open minute Or two,
as she will certainly happen to do.-Am. Ag
Hon. EDWARD BATES ON MILITARY CON-
M1ssIoNs.-The views of that able and veteran
lawyer the Hon. Edward Bates upon militia
ry commissions are given in a letter addressed
to the Hon. Reverdy johnson. He charac-
terizes the readiness of the public to acquiescc
in military tribunals for civilians as public
calamity, and well says that this subordina-
ton of civi! to military authority not only
overthrows the safeguards Of the Constitu-
ton, but &C strikes at our whole system Of
government, by intoxicating the idea that the
law is insufficient for the ends Of justice, and
not to be trusted as a governmental agent to
protect innocence or to punish guilt. Nd
tionol IutezHgencer, Sd.
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Business Cards.
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF THE
OF VIRGINIA.
CHARTERED CAPlrAL-------$3oo, 900.


HDSE 15030V0:
THIS COMPANY has resumed business in WIN
CHESTER, at the new Office on Water St., form
erly occupied by R. Y. Conrad, Esq, as Law
Office. and are now preparedto receive applications
and issue Policies on BUILDINGS, MERCHANDISE,
FURNITURE, &C., &C. .
All losses equitably adjusted and promptly
paid. 49,
JOSEPH S. CARSON, President.
JOHN KERR, DR.. DANL. CONRAD,
ROBERT STEELE, l.. ?. HARTMAN,
VIM. B. BAKER, @. NJ Brown.
GEO. E. PRICE, AGENT,
Sept, 8, 1865 If Staunton, Va.
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H. NJ BELL, President W. H. TAMs, Sec'y.
Tine va. Insurance Company.
CHARTERED CAPITAL, $1,000. 900.
PAID IN CAPITAL, $250.00O,
This Company Chartered by the Legslaturefor
Virginia. December 18th, 1865, in presenting it.
self to the public with bona fde Capital paid in
of quarter of Million Dollars, sufficient to Sc
cure the protection Of its Policies and command
the confidence of the public, hopes as HOME
INSTITUTION, by q just and liberal policy to
secure fair portion of patronage
It's rates will correspond with those of other
First-class Companies.
For risks upon
DWELLINGS, STORES, MERCHANDISE.
and all other insurable property, ;ta
.a.f apply to
WILLIAM II. TAMS, SECRETARY, S.
Staunton, Va.
Or to
GEORGE E. PRICE,
June emo Actuary and Gen. Agent
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WILLIAM H. BRIGGS.
SUCCESSOR TO
STEER & BRIGGS,
Commission and Forwarding Merchant,

Commission and Forwarding Merchant,
No. 1906 Broad Street, Neat door to Va.
Central r. Il. Depot,
RICHMOND, IA.
Will give his undivided personal attention to
the sale of all kinds of Country Produce and to
filing orders for Merchandise generally and hopes
by PUNCTU Atty and STRICT attention to bu-
siness to merit a continuance CT the patronagcs SO
literally bestowed on the late firm.
re- No charge for Storage or Insurance.
RESPECTFULLY REFERS TO
Messrs Powell Blackley, II. Ker & Co., Paul
& Co., C. R. Mason, A. N Pierce, A. S. Lara,
p II. Trout, Esqs Staunton.
Mcssrs A. Blout & Co., n. L. Blakemore Esq,
Augusta County.
n b. Particular attention is called to MY LocA-
rIoN, Country Merchants Forwarding goods
through us have but one drayage to pay and no
STORAGE to pay. Oct l2-.H
n NJ. LEE H. H. PECK,
Richmond, Va. staunton, Va.
l. E E G. p f @ *,
COMMISSION MER CHAN rs,
No 1448, Franklin Street,
RICHMOND, VA,
solicit consignments Of all kinds of Produce.
Prompt Returns made.
The UNDERSIGNED having formed CO. partner
ship for the purpose of conducting Commission
business in the city of Richmond, would respec-
fully solicit consgnments of all kinds fProduce.
We promise to use our best endeavors to obtain
the highest cash prices and make prompt returns.
N. NJ. LEE,
Oct l9-tf II. II. PECK.
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COLD FEET WHILE TRAVELLING.

If boots are treated as above, aud just be-
fore going out Of doors the stockings are re-
moved, and feet and stockings are well dried
before the fire, the feet will feel comfortably
warm for several hours it is the moisture or
steam about the feet which. often makes them
feel cold by the out door air condensing
them No one should travel in winter with
tight-ftting shoes; they arrest the circula-
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-01-11

THESE instrument having been before the pub
lie for the past thirty years, have upon their
excellence alone, attained an
UNPUR CHASED PREEMINENCE
that pronounced them unequalled. Their.
TO M Il
combines great power, richness, sweetness, and
fine singing quality, well as great purity OF
information and harmoniousness throughout the
,ntire scale. Their
T O U @ III
splant and elastic, and is entirely free from the
stiffness found in SO many pianos, which causes
the performer to so easily tire. In
WORK INA " HIP
they cannot be excited. Their action is con-
strncted with care and attention to every part
therein that characterizes the finest mechanism.
None but the best seasoned material is used in
their manufacture, and they will accept the hard
usaues of the concert-room with that Of the par
lor upon an equality unaffected in their melody;
in fact, they are constructed
sNOT FOR A YEAR-BUT FOR EYER
All our Square Pianos have new improved
Grand Scale and Agraffee Treble, Nv
Every Piano fully warranted for FlVEY EARS.
WAREROOMS, $50 West Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE. 4
March 2-tf
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A Primitive Region.

Mr.. Smith Trent, Sheriff of Mcdowell
county, was in the city yesterday engaged
in the payment of taxes into the Auditors
office. In conversation with him touching
matters and things in that region, we learned
some curious facts concerning the remote
county from which be comes. We use the
word remote not in it's literal sense of dis
lance, but as meaning inaccessible. Of all
the counties in the State, Mcdowell, one OF
the largest in territory, is the least in popu-
lation and improvements of every kind. 1t
lies on the extreme border, touching South
western Virginia. The population was new
er anything but sparse but during the re-
bellion the Union men were driven away,
and when they were able to return, the reb-
els had been behaving SO badly that they in
their return we're afraid to stay, SO that,
small as the population was before, it is still
less now.
There is not post-officc in the county,
nor town, or village even Of the most d.
munitive proportions; there are but few
roads, and they arc Indifferent. The court
house is low cabin there is not lawyer
or doctor in the county, and as consequence
the people are healthy and free from litiga-
ton It is four days horseback travel from
Kanawha. It is practically as far from here
as England The most convenient outlet is
down to Jacksonville, in Tazewell county,
Va, on the Virginia and Tennessee railroad.
It is difficult to find men in the county who
have sufficient acquaintance with the arts Of
modern times to fill the various county Off
ces Some of them have to employ deputies
on this account, and one gentleman who
happens to have enjoyed unusual advantages,
acts as deputy to some half dozen of them.
Wheeling hteHigencer.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-01-11

"GEEENnoRN, Late Planter. :"