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IN r.. RI och A U S
GOLDEN : REMEDIES.

sGOLUEN T hEMEDlEO. ne
y ASK fer no other, take no other, and
yop will save time, health. and mouey.,
III 900 Reward for any class OF disease In
any stage " hich they fail to cure.
Dr. Richau's Golden Balsam No cures
Ulcers, liberated Sore Throat and Mouth,
Sore Eyes, Cutaneous or Skin Eruptions,
Copper colored BlOtches, Soreness OF the
Scalp Scrofula, dc; is the greatest Ken
sovhtOr, Alternative and Blood Purifier
known, removes ali disease from the sy s.
healthy.
! DR.. Richau's Golden Balsam No cures
M erc1rial Affections, rheumatism in all
its forms, " neither from mercury or other
causes gives immediate relief In all
cases. No dieting necessary. have thou
sands OF testimonials proving the m1rac-
ulous cures effected by these rem ed1es.
Price OF either No or No S5 per bottle,
or 2 bottles for 80. Jh
DR. Richau's Golden Antidote, a safe,
speedy, pleasant and radical cure for all
Urinary Derangements, accom- panleu
with full directions. Price 50 per bottle.
DIR. Richau's Golden EllSlr glamour.
radical cure for Nervous or General De.
bil1ty, In old or young: impart1ng ener-
gy with wonderful 6TseS. Frice IS per
bottle or bottles for 10.
On receipt of price. these rem edies Will
be shipped TO any Place Prompt atten-
tlon paid to all Correspondence. None
genuine without the name OF "DR. RI
kCHAU'S GOLDEN REMEnI Es, d Il hICH-
ssABDs, sole proprietor, blown in glass OF
sbottles.s Address ri 4 81. 4
NJ a2s Vim st 4 Eay NV F 9Ss4: wi
Office hours $ m 10 9p m., Circulars sen
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I LIGHTNING RODS.

fine Copper Tubular and the star Copper
l ~ Red, the -
BEST AND MOST RBLIABLE d I
Lightning Rod in the WerId. Put up in
town or country at short notice, by
b. f. RODAAN, Sole Agent, Yo6a
'J Cor WWater Il Gem uerce sts.,
Il je2 '.Sm isJInN 1fs iasH Norfolk Va q
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THE Master is come, and calleth for thee
John XII: %. = Aa- H.G "HA'
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BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL,
BALTIMORE, MD,

Office, 7 South Frederick Street,
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BY LOUISIANA E. ARBoTT,
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VARIETY, QUALIFY, CHEAp
NESS.
We claim for our stock of

We claim for our stock of
HOUSE FURNISHING HARDWARE
Ihese important elem, nts, and are pre.
pared TO prove to purchaser the truth
OF our ssertion by an ex h1bition of the
most careful purchaser that 80"
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- U ID A w "A II n n
IL Is conceded by all who have tasted
otheriin the city, andgwe nave the pleas
ure to announce that our list of Syrnns
mas been Increased and now includes one
which is pronounced I"I N' ''Ao
PERFECT.
Try 1t and you will prefer it to all other
We also offer small lot
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-24

..-F GREEN TEA,
r4 FL
and warrant it to be the same as that
from which our Tea Syrup is made, it is
stronger and possessed of finer flavor
tnan we have heretofore sold.
ju23 SEAL n NEWTON
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THE MASTER is COME

p Q e r Rex :.
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ORGANIC WEAKNESS

member of the Royal Collegeof surgeons
London, Graduate of one OF ghe m ost omi-
nent Colleges In the. Quilted States, ana
the greater part of whose life has beeI
spent in the hospitals OF London Paris,
Philadelphia, and elsewhere, has effected
some of the most astonishing cures that
were ever knoWns many Ipubled with
ringing in The headand ears " hen asleep,
great nervousness,b being alarmed at sud
den sounds, bashfuiness, With frequent
blushing, attended sometimes with de-
range ment OF mindwers cured i'm medi-
aLGLV.
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5gt .-aR MARRIAGE. .n. .....-
Married persons, Or Young Men contem,
plating marriage, being aware of Physi.
cal Weakness, Organic Debility. Defor-
mite 8, speedily cured. Nal Id al-r ~
He who places himself under the care OF
DR.. j. may reltkiously confide in his hon.
or az q gentleman, aud confidently rely
upon his skill IS physician.
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to, 20 West side Market Square.
Juol and No. 2 Roanoke Avenue
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14
England VS.. America.

The great rowing-match between the
Harvard and Oxford students has been de-
6nitely fixed for the 25th of August. 1t
will come off on the Thames, in the pres
ence of large concourse of spectators, and
will excite as much interest as any event
of the kind that ever happened. The
American crew are spoken of by the Brit
ish press as a finely developed muscular
set of young men, with rather more Drawn
than their British competitors, and it is
naively added that their physique presents
no evidence of American deterioration :"
They are practicing daily on the Thames,
and evidently improving, making faster
and faster time. A correspondent gays
of their practice:
A popularity of the Harvard rowing,
which distinguishes it from the English
practice, is that the body is thrown back
ward, at each stroke, very little if any be-
yond the perpendicular. This is upon the
principle of avoiding the expenditure of
strength required to rise from the reclin-
ing position to the erect, in reaching for
ward for another dip of the oar, and the
result is that it makes an increase in the
number of strokes per minute. The En-
glish papers describing their first appear
ance on the Thames have just been re-
ceived. The Morning Postsays that ''their
style of rowing, coupled with their extra
ordinary muscular development, has Gre
ated the impression that they are good
crew, although rough and out of form; but
it is month to the time of the race, and
ere that no doubt wonderful change will
take place. One essential, however, they
possess-the use of the legs-and keeI
their bodies in fine precision, both with
swing and time; they feather also too low
but this will soon be got over, and ne
doubt they will shortly change their very
heavy oars for lighter ones which will b,
a great improvement. Great interest ii
felt in the approaching race.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14

are of original growth, and present a most beau
tiful appearance The Spring and Bath rooms
are at the lower end of the lawn, leaving all the
grounds open and free to carriages and pedest-
rians. The waters are very fine for drinking,
and the overplus is conveyed from the spring in
pipes to a large reservoir, from which all the
least, is the bill of fare, which is very poor in
deed--meats, vegetables, butter, dessert--in fact
everything but the bread-that is good. The
servants are kind and attentive, but they said
they had to bring us such as was given them.
l could give you many other incidents that oc-
CURED in my travels, but must close my let
ter already too extended, by advising all who
may happen 10 find their way out to the White
Sulphur, to guard against such quarters as three
hundred and twenty-four.
Yours Truly, ID.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14

The price of peaches in the New York
market has been much discussed here, this
week, among shippers Some sales re-
ported have been as low as 55 cents per
basket, ranging up to $1.25. But, one
house has reported sales at $1.75 to So!
And the question has been asked over and
over again, how is it, that there is so
great discrepancy in prices p Many
speculations and conjectures have been
advanced to account for it, but the matter
still remains without satisfactory explana-
ton. Some have ventured to hint that
these high figures are but lure; while
others insist that they are bona .tide trans
actions, and wonder why other consignees
cannot, or do not, make like profitable
returns. As pertinent to these inquiries,
we clip the following from the Philadel-
phia Ledger, as a report of Wednesdays
sales in New York. 1t will be seen that
this report partially sustains the high
prices returned by the house alluded to
above: Enormous quantities of peaches
from Jersey and Delaware continue to
pour into this market. This morning 10
car loads arrived at the Courtland street
ferry before 5 o'clock. Prices range from
81 to $3.50 per basket, but the quality is
none Of the best"
The School Fund of this State has been
apportioned as follows To each of the dis
tricts in the city of Wilmington, $157 .94 i:
to each of the other districts in New Castle
CO., $114. IL to each district in kent CO,
SS4. II: to each district in Sussex CO.,
$67 .O6.
The Democrats of Wilmington, made
the following nominations on Saturday
last For Mayor, Joshua L. Simms
President of Council, William Bright
Treasurer, james McCabe; Assessor, Lew
is Mccall.
A PREACHER WHIPPED The Rev. Mr.
Tubbs, stationed at Centerville Circuit,
was badly beaten at the school house, at
that place, one day last week, by parties
as yet unknown.-SuSSeU journal.
MARKET CAR TO WILMINGTON A mar
ket car for Wilmington was put on the Del
aware Railroad Tuesday, and it will be
run throughout the season and others will
be added if shipments seem to demand it
Messrs. John H. and Joseph " Hof,
fecker have peach canning establishment
at Smyrna. They have attached small
engine to their steaming apparatus, and
intend to operate on large scale.
LAND SALE.-Col. Richard G. johnson,
of Kent county, Nd. bought the farm O.
the late Simon W. Boyer, on the 9th inst
containing 243 acres, for the sum of S9e
per acre, or $21 ,627
IF the peach wagons aren't kicking up q
dust around Middletown, about this time,
then we're at fault. The crop is the lar.
gest ever gathered in this State.
An effort is being made to have the
Chestertown mail, which now leaves Clay
ton, delivered at Millington, via Queer
Annes & Kent r. r.
We received, yesterday, from Mr.. 10
seph A Lord, nurseryman, of Odessa,
small basket of plums, one dozen of whicl
weighed lib. Boz. Who can beat them
Mr.. Joseph l.. Mahan, recently appon
ted postmaster at Elkton, Md. died OIL
the 9TH instant, after few days illness o
dysentery.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14
A Letter from a Former Inhabltant.

We received, last week, an order for the
TRASscRIpT, from gentleman residing at
Bayou Chicot, La. formerly of this neigh
borhood. In his letter he says Tt has
been nearly thirty-two years since / was
in your part of the world, and of course it
is not the same place that l once knew
nevertheless, there must be some of the
original features left, and some of the old
inhabitants, beyond doubt, still remain !;
and would like to renew my acquain-
tance, since have commenced to go down
the hill of life"
If he we're here, to-day, he would
scarcely be able to recognize the town as
the same, so many are the changes through
which it has passed since he last saw it.
From little village of some 200 inhabi-
tants, it has multiplied itself, at least six
times. within that period. Many new hou-
ses have been erected; the sidewalks
paved trees planted; new streets laid out;
railroad constructed through the town,
and business and bustling activity every
where manifest. And ''some of the old
inhabitants remain Yes, a number Of
them still linger upon the shores of time,
some of whom had passed the meridian Of
their days when he last saw them. Some
have passed their three score and ten, ant
others have passed their four score ant
we cherish and revere these venerable ones
as the links that bind the present to til,
past. All. who, of all the present popu
lation of the town, will be here thirty-tw
years hence, to number the population ant
mark its progress and advancement il
1901? Very few of the adults of the pres
ent day. The grave will have hidden then
nearly all, and new generation will hav
taken the places of the men now in activ
middle life. If the town shall increas
only in the same ratio, in the next thirty
two years, it will then contain popula
ton of over I 900. But we think it NOR
than probable, judging from the growt
Of the last ten or twelve years, that tn
population will then be ten or fifteen thou
sand. And what changes and improve
ments these newcomers will make! An
how they will laugh at the "old fogies" {
the present day, and boast of the achieve
ments of the Goth century, as we no.
boast of what has been done in the 10Th
vaingloriously vaunting ourselves, an
depreciating those who have gone before
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14

We have received from DR.. Bradford
S. Thompson, of New York, the Medical
Record of August I'd, containing a well
written communication from his facile
pen, on =" Malt Liquors and their Thera-
peutical Action" which we shall try to
make room for, ere long, in the Trans
cript. This paper contains some valua-
BILE hints in reference to the manufacture
Of malt liquors, their elements, and med
ical effects. Farther on, in the same
work, we find kindred article from the
pen of DR.. +. s. Harris, on the g Medi-
cal Virtues of Hungarian Wines" and
their value to invalids as curatives. All
wine. the pure unmixed juice of the grape,
is highly esteemed by the profession, we
believe, for its therapeutic action. In
febrile affections, and particularly in ty-
phoid, when the system has been much
reduced by this slow and protracted NAL
ady, it has been found invaluable, and
productive of the happiest results A
few years since, when typhoid of par
ticularly virulent type prevailed in the
upper section of Cecil county, a manufac.
turer of pure Catawba wine, (Mr James
Shobe) sold all the wine he had on hand
at $5per bottle, to the medical gentlemen
in the neighborhood, and not case
proved fatal where the wine was used, al
though the cases were of the severest anc
most critical character. Mr. Shobc in
formed us that he was assured, by thu
physicians in his neighborhood, that t,
the wine they were chiefly indebted fo
the conyalesence of their patients in SOM
of the most extreme cases. These paper
possess an absorbing interest to the gen
eral reader, as well as to professional men
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14
Migratory birds.

The instinct which prompts the feather
ed tribes to change their places so as to
seek more genial cline, is an admirable
provision of Nature, enabling them to es-
cape the burning heat of more fervid lat
itudes, and the freezing cold of the more
frigid. That instinct is unfailing. Even
the stork, one of the most stupid of birds,
''knoweth her appointed times.' The
number of migratory birds is very numer-
Gus. Only few of the more hardy kinds
of birds remain with us all the year.
Those who bring forth their young in this
latitude seek more southern cline in win
ter; while the wild-goose and duck, which
procreate in high northern latitudes, come
hither, during the winter months, because
the water, which is necessary for their ex-
istence, is all congealed in winter in the
north. The reed-bird, which visits us in
spring as the bob-o-link, in its rich plu-
mage of buff and black, has put on its So
Der russet, as thoughtful traveller should,
when about to take a journey, and has
commenced its autumnal fight. 1t will
tarry until frost, amid the reeds and rush
es of our marshes, and then seek the
marshes of the South. The martins, those
noisy chatterers around our homes in Sum-
mer, take their departure about this time.
Those who have observed their habits will
have noticed that they have been more
noisy than usual, for the last two or three
weeks, and much upon the wing. They
have thus been practicing their fledglings,
and preparing them for fight. just be-
fore departure the martins become quiet
and sedatc. Leaving their boxes they may
be seen, for few days, perched upon the
tops of houses and trees, seemingly
thoughtful and concerned, and then we
see them no more until about the first of
April, when they make their annual re-
turn. The plover comes about the first of
August, and its peculiar notes may now
be heard around its favorite haunts of
ponds or marshes. The sora, or rail
comes about this time, suddenly, no one
knows whence, remains till frost, and as
suddenly disappears. The swallows, also,
leave us, about the time of the martins,
and we suppose, like the martins journey
South, though some contend that they hi
bernate in the marshes or in the streams,
in torpid state, they having been dragg-
ed, in some instances, by nets from the
bottoms of rivers in the winter season. We
are not prepared to affirm or deny this the
ory 1t is a very old one, and may be
; true. There are many things quite as
wonderful in the mysterious operations o.
: nature. We might speak of the oriole
the humming-bird, the thistle-bird, the
woods-robin, and many other varieties
+, that sport their gay plumage in our sight
in summer and hic away ere winter
frosts set in, but it wsuld take up toe
: much space to enumerate the whole.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14

EXTRAORDINARY SPECTACLE IN TENNEs-
sEE.-The most curious phenomenon of
which We have ever heard occurred in
Uheathom county on Wednesday last. The
day was remarkably hot, so that most peo-
Pile in the county had to seek the shade
about noon. At this hour, on the farm of
Ed. Sharp. five miles from Ashland, sort
of wirlwind came along over neighboring
woods, taking up small branches and leaves
of trees and burning them in a sort of FAM
ing cylinder that travelled at the rate of
about five miles an hour, and developing
in size as it travelled. 1t passed directly
over the spot where team of horses were
feeding, and singed their names and tails
up to the roots; it then swept towards the
house, taking stack of hay in its course,
which it set on fire. Itseemed to increase
in heat as it went, and by the time it reach
ed the house it Immediately fired the shin
giles from end to end of the building, so that
in ten minutes the whole building was
wrapped in flames. The tall column of
travelling caloric then continued its course
over a wheat field that had been recently
cradlcd, setting fire to all the stacks that
happened to be in its course. Passing
from thelfeld, its course lay over stretch
of woods which reached TO tho river The
green leaves on the trees were crisped to a
cinder for breadth of twenty yards in a
straight line to the Cumberland. When the
''pillar of fire" reached the water, it sud-
denly changed its course down the river,
raising a column of steam which went up
to the clouds for about half a mile, when it
finally died out. Not less than two hun
dred people witnessed this strangest of
strange phenomena, and all of them tell
substantially the same story about it. The
farmer Sharp was left houseless by the de-
vouring element, and his two horses were
so affected that no good is expected to be
got out of them in the future. Several
withered trees in the woods through which
it passed were set on fire, ard continue
burning still.-Nashuile Press, both adt.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14

Upward TENDENCY OF THE PRICE OF
GRAss.-The New York correspondent of
tho Philadelphia Ledger sent the follow
ing item to that paper on Tuesday.
On the Produce Exchange there was unusual
excitement with sharp upward movement in
the prices of grain, occasioned by private mes
sages by the cable, advising serious damage to
the cereal crops, owing to bad weather, both in
England and ON the continent. Also, giving
higher quotations for grain than those to the
Associated Press.
Spectators and exporters at once came into
market ana literally swept the boards Of all the
breadstufs offering within shippers limits
These purchases include 10000 barrels of flour
and a quarter Of million bushels of ,cheat
The advance is equal to rs cents per barrel on
the former, and from to 10 ets per bushel on
ahe latter.
This sudden movement has had a marked in
duence ON gold, foreign exchange, freights, and
in fact on almost every other department of
wholesale trade.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14
NOTICE,

VIE Directors of the FARMERS MUTUAL,
u FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ST.
GE0RGES AND APPOQUINIMINK HUN
DkhDS have unanimously Resolved, "That any
person, or persons who now have, or may here
siter effect an Insurance in this company, on any
or on Buildings adjacent thereto, are hereby pro.
hioited from using any Steam Engine on said
premises, Unless al their own Risk and for any
loss that may be sustained by Fire originating
from said engine, by which the stacks of Grain,
Proyender, or Buildings adjacent thereto, may
fuse payment for such loss. ~
BY order of the Directors,
udessa, Jnly 81, '69i CHAS. TATMAN,
aug. '-4W Secretary.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14

There resides on Hardin Pike, twelve
miles from the city, Mrs. Dinah Vies, a
widow lady, who is now verging on her
114th year. She is vigorous and healthy
and is, though almost incredible to relate,
still able to ride horseback and attend to
her personal wants. She has been mar
ried three times. has over 400 defendants
living, and has been a widow for twenty
three years. She has one great great
granddaughter, three years of age Then
she has daughter named Mrs. Sawyers,
who is in her ninetieth year Each one
of her husbands served in the Revolution
airy war, for which she draws pensions.
This is remarkable case, and the facts
were narrated by one who has known her
for lengthy period.-NashuiHe (fsnn.) }
Union.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14

In Montana the Democrats have achiev-
ed a splendid victory. The Hon. j. M.
cavaaaugh is reported to have been re-
elected to Congress by majority of 2, 900
double that of the last election shen the
democratic majority in the Territory was
only 1,los.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14

Gen. Rosecrans has declined the demo-
cratic nomination as candidate for Gov
ernor Of Ohio. The Democratic State
Central Committee, of Ohio, nominated
on Wednesday. George II. Pendleton, for
Governor in place of Gen. Rosecrans.
Mr.. Pendlcton accepts the nomination.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14

AGRICULTURAL FAIR.-The Delaware
State and Peninsula Agricultural Exhibi-
ton will be held at Wilmington, Delaware,
on the 18th, 10th and 18th Of September.
Premiums will be offeRs2Afor the produc-
tions of the farm, dairy, workshop. &C. &c.
the design being to make it frst-class
exhibition.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14

All the domestic bees near Louisville
have disappeared, leaving their homes full
of honey The cause of this extraordina-
ry exodus is mystery. Ina circuit of
twenty-five miles, all the hives were deser-
ted about the same time.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14
INGRAM 4 GIBsoN,s PRICE CITRRENT

Beans $500.
The above prices will be paid in cash for pro-.
duCe delivered in good order; and we wish to
say that we keep constantly on hand a good as.
sortment of Groceries and Provisions which we
will sell reasonably for cash, at the Corner of
Broad and Anderson Streets, Middletown, Del.
March 20-tf INGRAM & GIBSON
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.

RELIGIOUS NoTToE.-Divne Service ID. W on
tomorrow Sunday 18th, inst. at the usual
hour, in Saint AIMS Church, log A. NJ.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14
DIEEG.

August LIST, in New Castle county, near Fields
borough, Del. Nehemiah w. CrowdiBg, after q
lingering illness, in the 50tb year of HE age.
On the I'd inst. Frank, son Off Thomas W and
Emma Buckle, aged II months and 10 days.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14
PEACH LADDERS.

A Large supply ofPeach Ladders on hand. and
\ furnished to order at EFT. EVANS
June 2S-W Agricultural Warehouse.
Middetown, Del
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14
$40 REWARD.

STOLEN from the subscriber on the night of
~ the Sd, or morning of the 4th, one BUGGY
WAGON in good repair, made by FAUST 4 Az
MoNH, Wilmington, Del. Cushions somewhat
torn. Any person giving information SO as TO
recover it will receive the above reward.
TOWNSEND August 4th, 1860.
Ang. l4-lt JAMES 7. TAYLOR.
Middletown transcript., 1869-08-14

Watermelous are only five cents each in /
Charleston.