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and partly from love of country, he made
his way to the quarters of the General COM
handing. With blanched cheeks, he de.
clared that his cole massa'' was in the
church disguised as black man.
A squad of soldiers hurried to the church,
and surprised cole massa' very sensibly, by
placing him Between file OF bayonets, and
marching him to the guard-house. A vigor-
Gus application of water soon made his black
face tolerably white A search of his per-
son resulted in finding drawings of the
Union forts and full plans of our fortifca
tons. His body was envcoped in coat of
mail, said tobe ulletprooC Finding him
self Gagged, he made clean breast of the
matter, acknowledging himself as the man
who wore the blue overcoat. His story was
that having entered the Union lines as n
spy, and coming in possession of the de-
sired information, he became very anxious
to escape. Night after night he endeavored
to pass the picket line, but was detected and
fred upon by the vigilant sen1inels. lie was
frequently struck on his coat of mail, but
the bullets invariably glanced Off and he es.
capped unframed. When sentinel fired he
pretended to be shot, and then under the
cover Of darkness and dense foliage he al
ways managed TO crawl away before the sol
diers reached the spot. lie was executed
rs n Suy.
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BeethOVen?s Eccentricity.

Beethoven, though not an old man, was
so deaf as, in manner, to be lost to society.
He heard no one speak. His temper was
soured by his misfortune, and he became as
fractions and manageable in company as
hayward child. SO averse was he to ca.
Mbitinq himself, as he termed it, that it was
difficult to get him to the piano forte. Who.
ever wanted him to PERFORM, must cheat
him into it. AT friends house, once, TO
obtain the pleasure of hearing him, the ar.
tfice was practised Of every one leaving the
room except the host, who contrived to de.
tain his scientific guest by commencing a
conversation with him through the media OF
pen, ink and paper. They had not inter
changed many ideas, before the gentleman,
as if by chance, struck the keys o! the piano,
beside which they were setting, gradually
began to run oyer one Of the great master $
own compositions, purposely made numerous
| errors, and at length blundered so egregioqs,
| 1y, that the composer condecended to stretch
out his hand and pnt him right. That was
enough; his fingers were on the instrument
He Immediately left him, on some pretext,
and joined the company in the next room,
who we're patiently waiting the issue OF the
stratagem. The musician, left by himself,
sat down to the piano, struck a few hurried
aud interrupted chords, then became more
| regular, gradually forgot everything but,that
in which his very soul became absorbed,
and ran on for half an hour, in varied, en-
phatic and frcnzer style, that exactly cor
responded with the swelling muscles Of his
face, tie starting veins and the wild rolling
of his eye. The amateurs were so emaptur'
ed that they could not help running into the
room to express their delight. But he IN
stanuy detected the trick that had bccu
played upon him, and, in II rage, rejected
their applause.
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AnecdOte of q Dog.

A gentleman of Stafordshire, England,
used to go twice year to London on horse.
back, accompanied by his dog. terrier;
but, for fear of losing 1t in the metropolis,
he always left it in the care Of his landlady
at st. Adams. Once, however, the large
house. dog Of the inn and the terrie having a
quarrel, the terrier was so much overmatch,
ed that it was with difficulty he could crawl
He went silently away out of the yard, and
for week no one knew what had become
Of him. lie then returned, and brought
with him dog, both larger and stronger
than the one by which he had been beaten,
and they both fell upon the inn dog and beat
him most numerically, leaving him half
dead The terrier and his friend then dis
appeared ; and when the gentleman, on his
return from London, called at the inn for
his dog, he heard an account ofthe light and
gave him up for lost. On reaching home,
however, he found the terrier safe, and
learned that he had come from st. Adams,
and coaxed away the great house-dog, and
then proceeded with MIN to ayonss the in
juries he had received after which he came
home in quiet with his companion.
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On the Tuesday next after the
first Monday, being the 5th day
Of November, 1861,

for the purpose of electing
one person to he Governor of The State Of Marvlond.
One person to be Attorney General;
ono person TO he Clerk of the Court of Appeals:
one person 10 be Comptroller of the Treasury:
one person to be Superintendent OF Labor and
Agriculture '''
one person to represent Cecil county in the Senate
of Marya
-Four persons to represent Cecil county in the
House of Delegates OF Maryland:
one person 10 be Chief Judge OF the Second Jndi-
cial Circuit of Maryland;
Two persons to he Associate Judges of the Second
Judicial Circuit OF Haryland
one person 10 he States Attorney for Cecil county,
one person 10 be Clerk Of the Circuit Court for
Cecil county;
One person to be Sheriff of Cecil county:
one person To lie County Surveyor for Cecil
county;
- Three persons to be Comfy Commissioners for
Cecil county;
one person to be Register of Wills for Cecil county:
Three persons to be Judges of the Orphans Court
for Cecil county.
The polls for said election will be opened in eacL
and every Election District of said county Mt the
usual places Of holding the polls, at o'clock AM,
ana WIN he closed at o'clock IN, when the ballots
shall be publicly counted.
i. WESLEY JANNEY, Sheriff of Cecil Co.
Sherlff's Office, Elkton, Oct l., 1sG7-te
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strength Of the beetle,

''This insect" says Professor Goss, 'has
Just astonished me by its vast strength of
body. Every one who has taken the com.
mon beetle il his hand KNOWS that his limbs,
if not remarkable for agility, are very pow.
crlul but was not prepared for SO Sam-
sonian feat as that have just witnessed.
When the insect was brought to me, having
no bog Immediately at hand, | was at loss
where to put It till could kill III but a
quart bottle full of milk being on the table,
| placed the beetle for the present under
that, the hollow at the bottom allowing him
roofs to stang upright. Presently, to my
surprise, the bottle began to move slowly
and glide along the smooth table, propelled
by the muscular power Of the imprisoned
INSECT, and continued for some time. to per.
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I.ovE.-We find the following clever de.
scription of love in an old magazine Love
is like the devil, because it torments us
like heaven, because it wraps the soul in
bliss; like salt, because it is reishing; like
pepper, because it often sets us Oh FIRE; like
sugar, because it is sweet, like rope because
1t is often the death Of IA man. like prison,
because it makes ~ miserable l,sno a man,
because it is here TO day and gone io-mor.
row; like a woman, because there is no get.
ting rid of il; like beacon, because il
guides ny to the wished lorport like will
o-the wisp, because it often leads one into ii
bog; like fierce courscr, because it often
runs away with one; like little pony, be.
cause It ambles nicely like one; like the bite
Of mad dog or the kiss OF a pretty woman,
because they both run US mad; like goose,
because it is silly; in word, it is ike a
ghost, because it is like everything and moth.
ing-otten talked about, nut never seen,
touched or understood,
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MYATTS LINN.EVS
Wine Plant.
WARRANTED TO BE GENrJNT

" y ''I'-NAN I'D " DT q I'm IINE,
American sherry Wine is made from This Plant
eqiHt to tn" best imported Sherry Wines and which
WI! doUhtlesS soon supersede most kinds of the
grape, or drugged limitations now in use.
we refer the reader to Mr. joseph Booth resj,in q,
near E'tton, who has cultivated 81 plants the past
season, IRON which he has manac t,lred 800 gallons
Of Wine. The plants from which this wine was man.
nfactnred were set the 9Th of Nav hast. In The
time TO plant out the Wine Plant the Weld from,
which the following season being much greater ,han
when planted in the Sniing. Persons DESTROYS of
procuring Plants, or pamphlets giving history of
the plant and mode of treatment. win address
ROSWELL, WAkEMAN, Agent
oct 90. 1S67-tl PoEr Depos1r Mn
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NOVEMBER.
by THE LATE WILLIS GAYLORD CLARKE.

Solemn yet beautiful to view,
Month of my heart thou dawnest here,
With sad and faded leaves to strew
Pale summers melancholy bier.
The moaning of thy winds | hear,
AS the red sunset dies afar,
And bars of purple clouds appear,
Obscnring every western star.
Thou solemn month! ] hear thy voice;
1t tells my soul Of other days,
When but TO live was to rejoice,
When earth was lovely to my gaze!
Oh, visions brighton, blessed hours,
Where are their living raptures now?
J asked my spirit weaued powers
] ask my pale and fevered brow.
look TO Nature, and behold
My lie's dim emblems, rustlng round,
In hues Of crimson. and of gold
The years dead honors on the ground:
And signing with the winds feel,
While their low pinions murmur by,
How much their sweeping tones reveal
Oh life and human destiny.
When Springs delightsome moments shone,
They came in zephyrs from the West
They bore the wood lark's melting tone,
Tney stirred the blue lakes CLASSY breast
Through summer, falnting il the heat,
They fingered in the forest shade;
But changedand strengthened new, they beat
In storm, DER mountain, glen and glade.
How like those transports of the breast
When life is fresh and joy is new;
Soft as the halcyons downy nest,
And transient all as they are truel
They stir the leaves in that bright wreath
Which hope about her forehead twines,
Till Griei's hot signs around it breathe,
Then Pleasures lip its smile resigns.
Alas for Time and Death and Care
What gloom about our way they fling
Like clouds in autumn's gusty air,
The burial pageant of the spring,
The dreams that each successive year
Seemed bathed in hues of brighter pride,
At last like withered leaves appear;
And sleep in darkness side by side.
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Dss~ 1t is a beautiful thing to 20 out on
the highway aud behold the moving throng,
aud feel that we are brethren Of common
family. We may condemn the vices of a
man; we may shrus from an entire class
of the human family as companions, but
when the helpless cry Of infancy. or the
trembling limbs Of age demand our aid and
sympathy, we are made to feel. that each
one of us il bat one atom in the great ocean
Of humanity, Fastening 70 that shore where
the surging pillows never cease as they carry
us onward to our etenal destiny. Twice
during our lives each one ofus must inevita.
bly, reqpire the sld Of our tellows-at our
birth and our death,
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This ia to give notice, that the subscribers of
'ecil county, have obtained from the Orphans Court
OF said county, letters of Administration on the pei
sona estate of -
JOHN s ROSSELL,
late of said county, deceased All persons having
claims against the said deceased are hereby warned
to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof duly
authenticated,
ID, ON or before the 10th day of October 1865;
benefit OF said estate All persons indebted to s,tid
estate are requested to make immediate payment to
the Subscribers. Given under our hands this 10th
day OF October, 1867 T. WESLEY JANNEY
.. LYDIA NJ. ROSSEIL,
Anmlnalrators of john $. Rossell deceased.
Test-CHAtKLEY b. CUTLER, Register.
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an,bulate the surface, to the establishment
Of all who witnessed it. The weight of the
bottle and its contents could not have been
less than three pounds and half, while that
of the beetle was about half an ounce, so
that it really moved a weight one hundred
and twelve times its own. A better notion
than figures can convey, will be obtained of
this fact by supposing lad of fifteen to be
imprisoned under the great bell ofSt. Paul's,
which weighs twelve thousand pounds, and
TO move it to and fro upon smooth pave.
ment by pushing within.n
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Com Ments OF the Press.

The bitterness of the pro.Rebel press of
Virginia over the result of the election in
that State is excessive and these comments
read more like the rawlings Of insanity than
anything else. We extract q few of these
comments:
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GeA- To enliven business use printer ink.
Men have made fortunes by judcious use
Of the press,
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nlisfeilallcous.
NOTICE or ELECTION.

By viltne of authority vested in me rs Sheriff OF
Ce"ii county notice is hereby given 10 the legal and
9anrd voters OF Cecil county, that an election will
he held, at the usual places of holding electlops in
the several Election Districts of Cecil county
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A GOOD CHANCE!

The subscriber, about to change his business will
sell the STOCK and FIXTURES of the store now
occupied hy him at tho corner of Bow and Main
streets ~ Cast ANY person dcsirous of entering
into business will find this the very best stand in
Eikton. Apply Immediately
Sept II, lsG7--tf UP RRADBl-RY
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THE TWO RACES IN VIRGINIA.
[Erom the Richmond Win.

FROM Inc lilcnmOnd wing.
The election returns show with painful
distinctness hat the negroes have drawn n
deep red blood line between themselves and
are nothing, color everything. Under the
leadership of few pestilent and Infamous
whites, who will, no doubt, live long enough
to suffer in this world the punishment due
to their crimes, the negroes with few, very
few eXceptions) have arrayed themselves in
hostility against the whites, and have left
us no choice but to regard them heucefor.
ward as enemies.
In the language of the Charlottesville
Chronicle-"Everh conceivable effort has
been made here to harmonic the two races.
Every form OF overture has beer made to
the blacks by the whites. Every appliance
was resorted to to carry the election. All
has been in vain. Drilled like an army,
mun1uvred like body of disciplined troops
obeying an order from the central league
like sign from the marshals baton, the
negroes have delivered their vote likca con.
centrated broadside.''
10 show the ahectness and completeness
other slavcryto Hunnlcutt and the leagues,
they have defeated consistent Mon men
like Judge Rivcs and Mr.. Stcarns, simply
because they were not Of the llunncutt
stamp and were gentlemen.
The negroes have carried the State, and
will frame Constitution to suit the views
Of their Master lIunnicutt. All that We can
do is to try to vote it d0n.
Can Tie white race at The North tolerate
negro asceudeucy in the land of Washington,
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Marshall and
Henry: Is the Old Dominion to be degrad-
ed into a Hayti? Are lIunnicuttism and
negroism to rule thatancicnt Commonwealth
that gave States statesmen and renown to
the American Ifuionp
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THE DAY or DOOM.


From the I.ynchburg Nirginian.
One Of the most thrilling chapters in
| Prescott s great history Of the conquest OF
Mexico is that which records the events of
nochc t,iste-'thc melancholy night The
issues born Of that night decided the fate OF
Il people. And so, we believe, the events
of yesterday determined the relations that
will hereafter subsist between the superior
| and inferior races heretofore inhabiting Vir.
GINA. The black men who were born on
| our soil and have lived amongst US upon
terms Of amity and good will To that day.
deliberately made their own choice and
thereby pronounced their own doom. They
have set themselves in array against their
old friends, and lotoctOrth there will he but
two parties hcre-a white man party and
black man party. We regret this; but
it cannot now be otherwise.
= :; = - :, = = = = . = :; ::
The white man is absolyed also from the
obligation to feed and care for those who
have made formal declaration Of their
purpose TO favor the patty Of confscatiou.
Let that party now take care OF them, and
let white men look TO white men, North and
South, for sympathy, and give them the
employ ment they would otherwise bestow
upon their old servants and dependents. -
That is what We ought to do as far as posi-
BILE. We have not sought this controversy
with people for whom we have always felt
sympathy and whom we have never abused.
We deplore it deeply; but the vote of yes.
terday must produce lasting alienation be.
tween the races in Virginia, and the dlri.
ton that ii Will provoke must wear out the
weaker. We see not how it can be other.
wise; yet we hope for the best,
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CLOTHS and CAsSIMERES

is kept on hand and viii he made up at low. cash
prices. We still give attention to orders from
OFFICERS of the ARMY and NAVY.
Jul long experience in that branch Of our business
enables Us 10 say with confidence that none ca,
srpass in getting up outfits for either service
BAaA we ask is 4 trial.
Don't forget the place-No. 1856 North Ninth ST.,
philadelphia. j. T. WELLS
Sept IL lS6T-tf
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Every means are used to conduct the business OH
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