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Germantown telegram.

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AGRICuLTuRE AND HORTICULTURE embracing EARNING
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mcnt for thirty years. have the cordial anpro
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useful AMI reliable information these very I;nrtant
branches of industry and protect them so far as within
our power against the false doctrines and selfish uruo.es
of the empires AMI sensation ,lvcrturer. Iy wr
the farmer is nc"Sslntly assaulted This portion of thc
Gcrm1ao'sn Telegraph is alon" worth the price of sub.
scription.
NEWS DGP.ETMENr.-The same industry care and dis
crminai"n in gathering and preparing the stirring
events of the day expressly for this paper whic, hithcr
to has been one of its marked features and given such
universal; satisfaction. will he continued with r,lpu .
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Editor and Proprietor
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THE MEssAGE.-The Presidents
Message was received by Congress on
Wednesday last, but it was so coarse
and vulgar, so false and disrcspcctful,
and generally disgraceful, that the Sen
ate refused to hear it read, and the
House ordered it laid ON the table
Such shame has never been before
put upon the nation by its Chief Mag
istrate
Gen. Schenck denounced it as worse
than Brick Pomeroy's editorials. So
much for Andy's last Message, his last
dance in paint and feathers.
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UNIVERSAL MANHOOD SUFFRAGE.

The American of last Wednesday, in
referring to the proceedings of the Re-
publican Border State Convention, held
in Baltimore, on the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1861, republishes the Resolu-
tions Of the Convention and the speech
of Hon. j. A. j. Creswell, chairman of
the Committee, delivered on the occa-
sion of the presentation Of the rcsolu-
tions. The following is the eloquent
peroration which concluded one of Mr..
Creswcll's most able speeches:
When four millions of people,. but
lately redeemed from bondage, shall
shake off their shackles and proudly
step into the ranks of the grand army
of progress when they shall no longer
hang like clogs upon the wheels of this
advancing Republic, but shall all be-
come actors for the accomplishment of
its high destiny, we shall at last attain
to the leadership of the nations-hav-
ing conquered more by the spirit of
justice, which is immortal, than by the
sword, which perisheth. applause
Before the genius of the America Of
that day, johnson and Swami and
Bramlette and their followers, self
abased, will submit to that rcbuke,
which they so much merit, and will
each exclaim in the language of Mep-
hibosheth, the son of Jonathan, as he
bowed himself before King David.
What is thy servant, that thou
shouldest look upon such a dead dog as
am" (Great applause and laugh
ter.)
Returning peace will bring in her
train great and countless blessings for
the whole country as soon as we shall
invite her coming, by establishing on q
sure foundation the rights of every citi-
zen. When this people shall exhibit to
the world the spectacle of nation, bas-
ing its policy upon principle of equal
and exact justice to all men, then, and
not till then, we may expect to hear
Greater than the great lawgiver of the
Jews proclaim,
Blessed shalt thou be in the city,
and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy
body, and the fruit of thy ground, and
the fruit of thy cattle, and the increase
of thy kline, and the locks of thy sheep
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy
store.
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Hoonand's German Bitters
Hollands German Tonic

is combination Of all the ingredients Of the Bhters,
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these being scientific preparations Of medicinal ertracts
.rhile The others decoctions Of rum in some
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Its taste exquisite is pleasure 10 take it while fs
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EVERYBODY READ THIs.-We are proud
to be the original and sole manufactures of
the celebrated WILMINGTON CITY SOAR
We have the evidence that there never was
a soap offered to the community that gives
such entire satisfaction. There is scarcely
grocer i'll this city, or country store keep
er i'll this State, or the Eastern Shore of
Maryland that does not sell it, also in the
adjacent parts of Pennsylvania. In the
use of this popular soap you will be as
greaely benefited as we. Please use ac-
cor(ling to directions on each pound and its
value will be more highly Appreciated
Warrented pure and full weight. MOORE
& BRO, Wilmington, Del.
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w We invite our readers, who
purpose making purchases in the Mat
tress line, to the advertisement of Cas-
sidy l. Warner, Wilmington, DEL
When two or more mattresses are Or
dered from this firm, they are supplied
at wholesale prices, which is consid-
Grafton, in these times of short pay
ments
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to Creditors.

Thi- is 10 "iY" notice. That til. subscriber Of Cecil
county hath "t;a from tn" Orphans Court of said
county letter. 4, tamcts,Fy the personal csttc Of
ELISHA klEk.
late said comfy deceased All persons having claims
against the deceased hereby warned To exhibit
the san., with the vouchers thereof !n!y authenticated
On or before. the ID day of December. 1869:
they otherwise by law. he excluded from all benefit
of said estate. All persons indebted 10 said estate
requested MAKE iln,liat payment /" the sm'scril
cr Given rr..er my hail this 18th day Of December,
1865 WILLIAM KIRK,
Executor IF Eli~ll Kirk. deceased!
7 .t-RguBES ID. JAMtE Register"
n.c1 -
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DEBILITY.

Th"rr is -" "''.'.". "'i""i Ii".H'Hfs Gr'man
l En-. ,, or 1"'1 III. ",i, ,,,r h ~ hat
sgs. NJ xi,rnyihcn go tie alpsii!s,
enj"lotcni # I s.gsi-a froti endJh III, s'o-
mach |" dig"a fHrJy tie Gi"oi. gre c"o't s"und,
healthy ccm II rin. eradicate he H,c ings from the
eye, inlari bonD 10 The chceLS, and ch.ngr e patient
tram Il sho,ii'e0H.d -mocidicd w'"k, and nerro"s
inrdiid, 10 tdii-trcri. Son and riy"r"us I'rS"n.
Weak and Delicate Children are
made strong Ly using tl.c fsiIicrs or
Tonic. In Tact. they are Faniiiy Mcdi-
zines. TIry can lie administered with
perfect >.,Irty to IL child three months
old. the most delicate female, or IL man
Ofninc!y.
These Remedies are The best
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Business Locals.

Grand Display.-LEvIs & MAERETT will
exhibit for sale, on and after Monday, Dec.
21st, many very handsome and valuable
articles suited to the Christmas holidays
Special invitation to ladies.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Trustees Sale.-The former purchaser
having failed to comply with the terms of
sale, of the real estate of Francis P. Smith,
last Fall, II. R. Torbert, Trustee, will offer
the same property, OH the 9th of January.
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The women of Germany are moving.
They are to meet in Convention. They
propose to agitate the question Of Woman's
Duties. This is the best way to get at
woman's Rights.
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clusion of every piece, the most disgrace
full and disreputable racket would be raised
by these cubs, to the annoyance and disgust
of the performers, and the whole audience.
police regulation, by which few of these
"hobeldy hoys" would be led out in the
midst of their whistle performance, the
thing would be stopped. The Committee
who have the letting of the Hall, are under
obligations to protect the parties to whom
they rent, and the audience also, from
insult, by troop of unlnannerly, unedu-
Gated boys, who disgrace themselves, the
town, and most of all their parents and
guardians.
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Local Miscellany.-Tle bridge over Sas-
safras River, between Georgetown and
Fredericktown, is nearly completed.
Isaac Slaughter, of Cecilton, butchered
a hog, recently, which weighed sol pounds,
The Middletown transcript says: "Eas-
ton and Cambridge are discussing the
question as to which is entitled to take the
most prominent position among the towns
on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. They
will both have to yield that position to
Elkton.
Minus sharer-North East
"Worse, and more of it THE sidewalk
on Church Street.
"Gone up milk, two cents quart.
Coming-Christmas.-
Credit-able-very, the citizens of Ell1ton,
as class.
In town-the Grecian Bend.
Awaited anxiously-the ice.
Melodious-the bellies of Elkton.
The height of nonsense-a belle wearing
bells.
Unremunerativc-the entertainments re-
Gently given in Elkton.
Shrill-the squeals of We porkcr when
abont to "die in the last ditch
Novel spectacle-two printers trying to
ride hog, bound for "Porkopolis.
Wanted-more light.
Can't see it-a point of time.
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Fair and Festival Lodge, No. 125,
A.F.A. NJ, will hold Fair and Festival,
in the Wigwam erected for that purpose,
in Chesapeake City, commencing on Mon
day, the 21st inst. and closing on Saturday,
January I'd. Full particulars next week.
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MEETING OF CONGRESS-.

The third session of the 10th Con-
gress assembled on Monday last. The
first days session was marked by moth
ing of an unusually exciting nature
The roll now embraces sixty-six names,
while in May last it comprised but
fifty-four. Senator Sumner presented
his universal suffrage bills. Mcssrs
Cragin and Pomeroy also offered
amendments differing from Mr., Sum-
ner's, but looking to the same end
Senators Frelinghuyscn, Yates and
Morrill,, of Maine, each introduced bills
regarding the naturalization of foreign
ers, and to prevent repetition of the
disgraceful frauds that were practiced
by the Democracy of New York, Phila-
delphia and other large cities at the
last election.
In the House, Messrs. Dickey and
Pettis, the successors of Messrs.
Stevens and Finney, were qualified and
took their seats, and Messrs. Kelley
and Broomall presented universal suf
frage amendments to the Constitution.
The following is the exact text of the
proposition submitted by Judge Kelley,
which was referred to the Judiciary
Committee:
RESOLVED, two-thirds of both houses
concurring,) That the following be pro
posed to the Legislatures of the several
States as an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the United States, which,
when ratified by thrce-fourths of said
Legislatures, shall be valid as part OF
said Constitution, namely:
ARTIcLE.-No State shall DENY to
or exclude from the exercise of any OF
the rights and privileges of an elcctor,
any citizen of the United States by
reason of race or color.
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MIR. Garfield, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, of the House, on Tuesday
reported bill restoring the control of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs to the control of
the War Department. A short but spirited
debate followed, after which thebill passed
by the decisive vote of 119 to 3S.
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ALRICH'S, under the Howard House, is
the place to get your Holiday Presents,
consisting of fine Clocks, Watches, jew
elry and Silver Ware. Call and see for
yourselves.
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At Private Sale.-Three Chester White
Sows, very fine; will have pigs early in
March. Also, three Colts.
EDWARD KEMP.
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COld.-Winter made his appearance in
earnest on Tuesday night last, his Majesty
being ushered in with piercing blast from
the Northwest
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Proceedings of the Orphans Court

PrOceeuingS OF the orphans Court
The Orphans Court was in session on
Tuesday and Wednesday last, and trans
acted the following business:
Jas. McCauley, Esq, appointed Judge,
vice L. II. Evans, decd; took his seat
The following Guardian, Executor and
Administrator Bonds were passed Mag
gle Terry, Guardian of Bertha Boyd and
l.. Boyd; Ella Mackie and VIM. Kirk Exc
cutors of Elisha Kirk Sarah A. Myers
and W. II. Pearce, Administrators of VIM.
Myers; W. p. Ewing and Margaretta I.
Ewing, Executors of P. Ewing; Mary S.
Thompson, Guardian of Ann T. Thompson
and Margaret Thompson. Inventory of p.
Ewing, decd, passed, and order to sell
personal property at public sale inventory
of Samuel Campbell, decd, passed order
that the widow take the personal property
at the appraisement inventory of Josiah
Ramsey, passed, and Executor ordered to
sell real and personal property, at public
sale, on such terms as the executor may
deem proper; inventory of Elisha Kirk,
passed, order the personal property to be
sold at public sale. List of debts of Jemi-
ma Titus, dec d, examined and passed list.
of sales of the personal property of Town
send England, decd, and of James Craw-
ford, decd, passed list of debts of p.
Ewing and John S. Rossell, decd, passed.
Decree granted to Clinton Mccullough,
Trustee of Andrew Jackson, decd, to sell
real estate. Final account of Reuben
Haines, Administrator of c. II. Haines,
decd, and ditto in case of Joseph Haines,
decd examined and passed. First account
of Henry II. Evans, Administrator of J.
IL. Mahoney, passed first and final &C
count of Mary E. McMullen and Thomas
McMullen, Administrators of John McMul-
len, passed, and dirtribution ordered on
the same first and final account of John
A. J. Creswell, Administrator of Clifford
NJ. Christie, examined and passed, and dis
tributiOn ordered OH the same account of
John W. Rogers, Executor of Ezra Rogers,
decd, passed ; first account of E. W. JAN
ney and Lydia NJ. Rossell, Administrators
of J. S. Rossell, decd, passed, and balance
i'll hands of Administrators of over three
thousand dollars first account of E. G.
Chandlee, Guardian Of Mary F. and Addie
F. MershOn, passed ex officio Guardian
account of J. A. Mackie and A. A. Mackie
Guardians of Abel D. d. and Catherine E.
Mackie, passed second account of J. A.
and A. A. Mackie, Administrators of John
Mackie, decd, passed, and distribution Or
dered; first account of Sallie Semans, Adj
ministrator of Edward Semans, Decd to-
gether with sundry claims, examined and
passed.
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We Ought to Have Good ROads.-The
County Commissioners were in session the
greater part of the present week, employed
principally in passing Supervisors accounts.
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" Blessed shalt thou be when thou

blessed shalt thou be when thou
contest in, and blessed shalt thou be
when thou goest out"
When the tones of that grand bcne-
diction shall be heard, the tribes of the
South will no longer stand upon Mount
Ebal to curse, but all the people of this
thrice blessed land shall cry "amen
amen, Uong continued applause.)
The whole nation seems to be i'm
PEELED in this direction at present, by
an irresistible moral force, and the pres
ent session of Congress has already
indicated that an amendment to the
Constitution providing for universal
suffrage throughout the whole country,
will be passed at an early day, and
submitted to the States for ratification
which will confirm and complete the
work Of rcpublicanizing the constitu-
ton before the 4th of March next
Of this every doubt seems now to be
passing, and thus the predictions of the
eloquent speaker above quoted will be
verified even sooner than he could have
reasonably hoped.
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ElktOn in Darkness.-The gas gave out
on Thursday night, about s o'clock, and
but for tallow dips and coal oil lamps, the
town would have remained in total dark
ness till Old Soils appearance. Cause, no
coal at the gas house.
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Milk.-Query Why has our Elkton dis
pensor of this pastoral fluid, raised the
price to 10 cents quart? When hay and
grain were higher, and there was competi-
ton, s cents was declared to be a very fair
remunerative price. Our observation has
confirmed the fact that when the price of Il
product rises for the want of competition,
that it generally very soon finds competi-
tor, or it plays out Farmers who keep
several cows will soon begin to have an
abundance of milk from fresh cows if they
will give them proper attention and feed
Some enterprising man might readily make
a contract with number of cash customers
in this town to supply them through the
winter with milk at considerably less than
10 cents a quart, and find it mnch more
profitable than making winter butter
Who will turn an honest penny by being
first to act upon this suggestion?
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The COncert.-The musical entertain
ment, by the Oxford Orchestra, on Tuesday
evening last, given at the Odd Fellows
Hall, was delightful entertainment of the
kind, each performer sustaining his part
remarkably well but we were panied to
see such small audience. The depressing
effect of a poor audience, cannot fail to act
upon the spirits of those VINO essay to
please the public, when they find that pub
lie neglecting them, without so much as a
trial. The fault, we conceive, does not
lie altogether in the want of appreciation
on the part of our community of good
musical talent, but must he attributed, in
a great measure, to the stringency of the
money market. 1t is our painful expe-
rience, as it was that of the Orchestra, that
half dollars are growing very scarce i'll this
locality, and when people have to fight the
wolf from their own door, speaking some
what metaphoically, they lose, Or at least
suspend, their appetite for harmony. The
Orchestra is composed of fine company of
gentlemen and talented performers, and we
hope they will meet with better success on
other fields.
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Philadelphia, FEBRUARY 10th, 1868.

Philadelphia, FEBRUARY 10th, 1868.
DEAR SIR: This is to certify that
have been intimately acquainted with
Scheetz's Celebrated BITTER CORDIAL for
the past four years, and have seen its
effects in Dyspepsia, Nervous Diseases,
Rheumatism, and all the various forms of
General Debility tending to decline, and
from my knowledge of said Bitters, have
no hesitation i'll pronouncing them the
best general remedy for the above diseases
that is now known. You may nse this in
any way you desire.
WM. CLARK, NJ. d., No SIC Market ST.,
and N. E. Cor. 9th and Callowhin.
Is" Read SCIEE7'Z4S aondin7 odrcr
hsen,eHt in an9ther c0lumR.
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Farm at Private Sale,

~ IN CECIL COUNTY. three miles from ST.
l1lEzi Elktnn. containing 10Y Acres about ssfss4S3a
EllTA 80 acres excellent state of cutva- i1Aza
x ltal, ton, divided into fields of convenient ..-
size The remainder is Woodland well set with Chestnut
and Oak. The Improvements consist of good FRAME
DIV EllLINt. containing niuc ruoin- and piazza: NEW
BARN 20 \ 10 feet good ,;r.nary, and other outuild-
incs There is an Apple aIi! Peach Orchard # select
fruit Part in prime of hearing. portion of the Land is
of li" soil we'll adapted for raising early vegetables
ncrcr-flne stream of water through the lace
Price, $500. Terms easy. Apply t"
HOWARD TITUS.
Dec L. iSiS-2wcow Eikton Md.
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And 10 he Came-ITorace, yet the people
call for Mr.. Wall, for which they charge so
cents at the Hall but in the Hollow, where
the Posts are Yellow, you can buy, if you
try, Goods very cheap and hear gratis
speech. Women's Boots at cost every
thing at corresponding rates. Remember
the place-Yel elbow Posts.
DICK FoARD, ! s,o,kors
Ben Bowen, ] 'po"Nei''
JOE HUDSON at the Books, waiting for
money. Last call, though.
EVANS, the Tailor, up stairs, Cutter
Built. Hair natural curl. Coats do fit.
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An Epoch in the History Of Elkton-Gree.

An Epoch in the History Of Elkton-Gree-
ley's Lecture.-Our citizens had an oppor-
tunity of hearing Hon. Horace Greeley
lecture, OH Monday evening last, but not to
their credit, we are panied to say, that the
enterprise gotten up by the Committee on
the part of the Odd Fellows Hall, was but
poorly sustained. Some excuse may be
pleaded, in extenuation, by the inclemency
Of the evening, but the citizens of the
town, without any assistance from the
county, should have done better.
The subject of the lecture was Mr.. Gree
ley's favorite theme, "Self Made Men," or
rather Education. The lecture, like every
thing from his pen, was able. 1t, in fact,
was remarkable production. His pen
painting of the giant trees of California,
with which the great man opened his dis
course, was equal, if not superior, to any
thing we ever heard or read. Persons who,
without inconvenience, and at but little
expense, can obtain the rich benefit of such
a lecture, and fail to do so, are losers to a
larger extent than they conceive.
Mr.. Greeley's preliminary remarks on
the rise and progress of the popular lee
ture, were eminently worthy of being
adopted, and we were gratifed to see that
the Committee acted upon his suggestions
at once, in getting up canvass for the
sale Of 500 season tickets, at dollar a
piece. This was Mr.. Greeley's experience
of the only way to insure successful
course of lectures, and cultivate a taste for
the popular lecture. The Committee start
ed subscription of this kind the next
morning after the lecture, and we are
gratified to learn, have succeeded SO well
as to warrant them in proceeding with the
course and this simple suggestion of a
wise man, promptly acted upon, is likely
to prove Of many times more value to our
community, than the amount paid the great
lecturer, which was very moderate charge
for such talents.
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In Jail.-Thos. Parker, colored, was
arrested in Sassafras Neck, on Monday last,
and lodged in Elkton JAIL charged with
being an accomplish in stealing the horse
and buggy of Samuel Brady, of Middle
town, Del, on the night of Nov. 24th.--
Henry johnson, the other party charged
with the theft, was arrested for the same
offense in Queen Anne's county, few days
previous, and by his confession the former
was apprehended.