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Dead Heads.

If some Of our subscribers, who are so
far behind as to be nearly out of sight, miss
their paper next Saturday, they needn't be
astonished. They are so far in the rear
that when The Wig turns the corner of
the New Year, there is nothing more nat
ural than that they should disappear from
view, and becomes, as the girl wrote to her
lover
"Though lost to sight, to memory dear -
at least, until all "arrearages are paid.
There is a law of Congress which says that
no newspaper shall be discontinued until
all arroarages are paid-unless at the OPP
ton of the publisher. Some of our sub
scribers seem to be afraid we will take adj
vantage of this act, and stop their paper if
they pay up; SO they keep on taking, but
never paying. They may dismiss such
idle fears, and send in the amount of their
subscriptions. We will not take advantage
of this law, so partial to the publisher.
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eB We publish in our matrimonial col
umn, this week, the marriage of Miss
Sturges, of Philadelphia, who has numcr-
Gus friends in this county. The wedding
took place on the Goth of October last, but
the letter containing the announcement
was mislaid before coming into our hands,
and was not recovered till this week, which
will explain to those interested the reason
why the notice did not appear at an earlier
date
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ANNUAL MEETING.

The Annual Meeting of the Members and Proprieturs
of ROSE BANK CEMETERY will be held in the Ros c
Bank Hail. SATURDAY. the Sth of January, 1870 at
o'clock n. full attendance of the members is
requested. Z. q. CllASDLEE,
Jan l. lS10-2w Secretary.
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NOTICES., &c.
BRIDGE NOTICE,

Notice is hereby given that application w he made
to the County Commissioners Of Cecil county, ut their
first regular meeting after the 18th day Of January,
| 1870, to repair Bridge, Cocks Store. in Port
Deposit Incc Is ls69-lm
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We would call the public attention
to the Justly celebrated " Wilmington Citv
Soap" manufactured by Moore & Bro
1t works like magic! and no good house.
keeper who has once used it, will be with
out it.
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@The &C Wilmington City Soap" chal-
leuges the world to beat it. 1t is pure,
harmless, beautiful and effective article,
warrented to do all claimed for it. The
whole country is beginning to appreciate
its superiority. Moore & Bro, manufac-
turers.
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WIN. H. EAGLE, & Co., who are large
dealers in Lumber and Timber, at Williams
port Pa, have established an extensive
lumber yard at Chesapeake City, in connec-
ton with their Steam Saw Mill at the lat
ter place, where they propose to supply the
trade with all kinds of building lumber at
very low figures
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NOTICE.
PROPOSALS
For Wrapping Paper and Irvine.


Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, December T. 1869.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this Depart
met until the 10th day of January 1870 II o'clock
for furnishing Wrapping Paper and Irvine for
Of the Post Offices the United States for ono year
be delivered free of expense to the Department. the
Blank Agency OF the Post Onico Department at Wash
ington. II. c.
The estimated quantity Of each article and tho quality
thereof required, are specified below:
$4,000 of Wrapping Paper, 90 % inches in size
OF material and quality equal in all respects to
that in in the department and to weigh
y pounds to the reanl and each such ream to
contain 20 perfect quircs.
$50 r-ams Of the same kind of paper o6 10 inches in
size, to weigh 50 pounds to tho
10000 pounds of cotton other suitable Irvine hard
twisted, and in balls to weigh about pound
each. and So bound as to prevent its becoming
loose and tangled by transportation.
10000 pounds of coarse Hemp Irvine about one-eghth
of an inch in diameter, and in balls to weigh from
one to two pounds each, and bound n to pre-
vent its becoming loose and tangled by trauspor-
Proposals will be received for each article separately
for all together.
The contract contracts will be awarded the
and best bidder he determined after a careful exai-
nation for the purpose Of asceraining which bid WILL in
lis practical results be most advantageous to the Depart
meIt
More less than tho estimated quantities may be
ordered, as the necessities Of tho Department may
require at the discretion of the Postmaster General
Samples of such articles used at tho Post
Offices may be seen at the Offices supplied, at the
Blank Agency of the Post Office DEPARTING
Bidders will send samples Of such articles as they
propose to furnish.
Each bidder must furnish with his proposal suarsn-
tees of his ability TO comply with his bid and
from postmaster that such guarantors reliable
persons.
Two sufficient sureties will be required to each con-
tract.
failure to furnish promptly any article contracted
for or for furnishing article inferior to that
tracted for, will he considered n sufficient for
forfeiture Of the contract.
Bids not made in conformity with this notice will not
be considered.
The Postmaster General reserves tho right Of deciding
which bid in its practical results may be the
interest of the Department and also of rejecting
all bids if in his Judgment the interests Of the Depart
mont require it.
Proposals must be marked on the envelope with the
of the article bid for and the letter addressed
the First Assistant Postmaster General, Washington
DC. JOHN A. j. CRESW ELL,
Dec IL, lS69-6w Postmaster General.
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NOTICE

The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of TIE
COLUMBIA PORT DEPOSIT RAILROAD COMPANY
will he held at the Office of the Secretary LANCASTER
Pa. at O'CLOCK Pm, on MONDAY, JANUARY 10Th
1870. The Annual Election for President and Directors
will be held ut the same time and place.
GEO. +. BRENEMAN,
Dec %, 1S69-3w Secretary
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SCHOOL NOTICE.

Notice il hereby given, that meeting Of the Enard
of School Commissioners of Cecil county, will he hell
their Ofi"e. i'll Elkton on TUESDAY NEXT. 4th inst.
10 O'clock 4. NJ. AT which time the hcIniers of
th. Board will qualify according to law.
JOHN SQUIER.
Jan /. lSio-iw Secretary.
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Notice to Creditors.

This is to give notice. that the subscriber of Cecil
county hath obtained from the Orphans Court Of said
county, letters of Administration tn. personal
Of ABIJAIl KNIGHT
late of said county, deceased, All persons having claims
against the sail ieceas, hereby warned to exhibit
the with the vouchers thereof duly authenticated
On ar before the 18th day of December, 1870:
they otherwise by law, b. excluded from all benefit
of said state All persons indebted said
requested TO make immediate payment t. the rnlscr
her Given under my hand this 18th day of December
lS69. l.. A. {. GERRY.
Administrator Of Abijah Knight, decd
Test-REUBEN D. LAMAR. Register.
Dec Is lSGy-6w
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Proposals for Letter Balances.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, d. c. December l. 1860


WASHINGTON d. c., December 4, 1860.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this Depart
ment until the 10th day Of January, 1870 ut II o'clock
for furnishing Letter Balances for the the
Post Offices in the United States for year from and
after the first day Of February 1870 Of the following
description, namely:
dupos weight, to be graduated down quarter ounces.
Of these it is supposed 900 will be wanted. Also
Baancesof the same capacity graduated 10y the metric
granme system. OF this class 100 he required.
&c. Balances capable Of weighing thirty-two
svotlupois weight to be graduated to hafounces OF
this class it is supposed 200 will be required.
Perfect accuracy, strength, and durability will be
required in the Balances to be furnished.
Samples Of each description Of Balances must accom-
tract will he required to furnish balances of quality
in all respects equal to the sample
Each Balance must be we'll and securely packed in a
box for transportation, and delivered free Of all
to the Blank Agency. Washington, DC.
Each bidder must furnish with his proposal r,,aran-
tees Of his ability to comply with his bid certi-
cate from postmaster that such guar:ntory reliable
persons.
Two sufficient suretcs will be required to contract
failure to furnish promptly Balances contracted for,
the furnishing of inferior article will he considered
sufficient cause for n forfrtur: Of the contract.
The Postmaster General the right Of deciding
which bid. in it. practical results, may be the
interest of the Department and also Of rejectng any
all bids if in his Judgment the interests Of the Depart
nlent require it.
Proposals must be Endorsed the envelope "Propo-
sails for Letter Balances" and directed to tho First
Assistant Postmaster General. Washington. DC.
JOHN A. J. CRESWELL.
Dec IL, ls69-6w Postmaster General.
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WAR DEPT. WASHINGTON, D. c.,

Lieutenant General Gram:
Thanks be to Almighty God for the great
victory with which He has this day crown
ed you and the gallant army under your
command! The thanks of this Depart
ment and of the Government and of the
people of the United States, their reverence
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The members Of the Cabinet at Washing
ton have had an understanding with each
other regarding their receptions to-day,
New Years day, that they shall be on the
temperance principle-plenty to eat, but
no intoxicating drink.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-25

war they car never escape nom. The
war is Tor the Rhine, which has for
centuries been the avowed OBJECT of
French aInbitiOn. If the French sue
coed in conquering it and holding it
under a treaty OF peace there Is not
the smallest hope that it could sver
be Won again by Germany. The left
bank would become as indisputably
incorporated with France as
Alsace, and the territory of the
defeated and once more divided
Fatherland would be permanent
ly curtailed. Can il be supposed
that a nation which sees in the future
the possibility of a loss so Overwhel-
ming will not strain every nerve in
defense ofits safety, we might almost
say its existence? Every German has
passed his life on bordering on the
very struggle which has come at
lasts France as long as each man can
recollect, in speeches and essays, in
plays and rhymes, in the conversation
of high and low. The Germans, on
their part, have been singing about
the Rhine as long as they can remem-
Der with a display ofpatriotism which
would make any section of the people
ludicrous anddespicabIe to their coun-
trymen's eyes and their own if they
held aloof from the present conflict.
What is passing is what might have
been expected. The South German
states stand blythe national flag which
is held aloft by Prussia, and the feel
= H.
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Nov THAT the North Carolina cleo
Hons are over, and the outlaw Kirk
with his clan are beginning to be
.squelched out, a new war cloud has
arisen in Florida, and n Harrison
Reed, Governor so called, has pro.
claimed martial law in that feeble ex-
tremity Of the universe.-He avows
generally that meteors, ghosts, rebels,
Ku-Klux, hobgoblins are running
wild over his domain in all the law
lessnessof chaos. He has been recon-
structing for five years to no purpose,
and things have been getting no bet
ter very fast. And yet strangely he
sets forth no specific facts TO justify
his proclamation. de does not deny
that the civil power is sufficient, but
he follows suit with Clayton and Hol-
den, a worse man than either; and
even as Infamous as Scott, il violation
of the ten commandments Is any crime
in these days ofgreed and can't. We
remember to have heard from the pull
pit the idea that a single wicked man,
having once found his way to the in
fernal regions, would so grow worse
and worse that after the succession of
a few millions Of cycles he would
reach a maximum greater than the
crimes of all the world before hir@
would aggregate, with all that thg
devil had done thrown in to the baN
gain. We don't know whether th
accuracy of this calculation is to u
vouched for. But we think if enOrm
ty of crime should take the place
numbers, Browulow, Holden, Clay
ton, Kirk, Scott and Reed wOuI
make a pretty good he'll full withou
.auv more.
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THURSDAY MORMNa. : AUGUST IS $50


l.. IT. ~ 81 E .
THE suggestion Of -FOUR friends in
councils at Brownsville on Monday,
that the delegates to the District Con-
vention be appointed by the people
of the several counties on the first
Monday OF September, was not IN
tended 10 applyt0 shelby inasmueh
as a call for the mass meeting OF to-
day had already been made by our
County Executive Committee. There
fore the delegates to the Congressional
Convention nom Shelby county will
be elected to-day. We again counsel
harmony, peace, good win, and that
only the welfare of the Democratic
party be considered. The people and
party, not mel or eliques. Again we
urge harmony and thorough con-
sfderation of the wants and wishes OF
the Democracy of Shelby county.
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RI n .-
LAST week an 0ldman named John
Roberts, commonly known as the
mountain hermit, who has lived for
many years in that portion of Mount
Washington which borders on the
three States of Connecticut, Massa-
chusetts and New York, met with a
frightful death from the bite of a rat
tlesnake. Roberts, for years past, has
been in the habit of catching these
reptiles and exhibiting them in the
neighbOring towns. Occasionally he
would allow himself to be- bitten.
claiming to possess a remedy which
rendered the bite perfectly harmless;
and. indeed, if reports of eye-wit-
neSses are to be credited, the old man
has proved himself inVulnerabIe To-
snake bites. r Last summer he, was
bitten on three different occasions
while handling his snakes, but after a
few days of retirement he again an.
pea-eds apparently as well as before.
Mr.. Roberts vas a man over sixty
years of age, and possessed of consid-
cradle property. Since the death of
his wife, which occurred many years.
ago, he has lived a hermit life on the
mountain. Neighbors seldom visited
him, by reason Of the vast number of
-rattlesnakes with which he was always
surrounded, and which he allowed TO.
run at large throughout the house.
EiJeb6eId E570uifer. L 4Hg
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CURIOUS THINGS.

AT a recent concert in Paris the
Marseillaise was sung thirty-twO
times.
SAKE says that "laws, like sausages,
cease to inspire respect in proportion
as we know how they r made"
Mr.. VIM. Leahy, Deputy United
States Marshal for Virginia, has been
arrested for emhezzlement, and has
given $4,000 bail.
a man in Kansas made a corn-crib
of himself to the extent of twenty
seven ears, boiled. The coroner has
charge of his effects.
The Jardin at Paris has received an
Orang-outang that washes itself with
soap and water. There are several in
this city that don't.
T-ortoise-shell fans are the hand-
soonest and most costly fans that can
be bought, with the exception of the
point lace and ivory ones, .
Henri Viextemps is to be a member
OF the concert troupe which MI.
Strakosch has organized to accompany
Nilsson tothe United States.
The conduct of the husband who
beats his wife beats anything: but that
of a man who slams the door in the
face of his wife's relations, bangs all.
1t is asserted that in Chicago men
are employed to take the names of
travellers arriving at the several ho-
tells, and add them to the census list.
1t is estimated that over n hun
dred young ladies are at preset study
ing law in this country. Probably
they will become mOthers-in-laW one
of these days.
The New York Democrat thinks
that canDibals must be light eaters, in
view of the statement that there are
only two missionaries to twenty thou
sand cannibals.
A California paper fears since $50
many Cinnamon are going to Sunday
school and picking up Righteousness,
that not enough will be left to go
round among the white men,
A thunderbolt, which struck near
him, one day last week, was the
means of restoring his hearing to
Wilbur Merrill, of CharIestown, N.
H., who had been deaf ever since his
youth.
a stranger lately went to the viI-
1age of Stormy Lake, Iowa, to inspect
his purchase of a section of land, and
found that it is located in the center.
Of the lake. He had paid four dollars
and a half an acre. 6sl sma
The Lady Washington slipper, and
the boot with perforated kid orna-
ments, are prominent in late styles.
Boots are worn laced at the side more
than ever because the ladies say, they
fit like gloves.
Thereis a girl in Fulton county, In
diana, who speaks four languages,
chews and smokes tobacco, plays the
most difficult music on the piano.
Eswears, dances superbly, and takes
whisky ''straight.6 U
Very few young ladies reflect that
when they exclaim 4Dear meIn they
are guilty of profanity. Yet such is
the TACT; for the phrase, as we have.
it, is but the corruption Of the italian
words Do MsO-My God gf0# =
Governor Yarmouth, of Louisiana,
recently. assaulted a negro in New
Orleans, and the negro g0tsout a war
tant against him. The negro failed
to get Justice, and he therefore ehal-
lenged the Governor to fights duel,
which he declined. 8as
The sugar sheds now in course of
erection on the leyee of New Orleans
viii, it is expected, be ready for occu-
patton by the 1st Of November. They
are six in number, and are located
between Cust0mhonse and st. Louis
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ScoTT, the Ohio carpet-bag Gov
ernor Of South Carolina, is arming the
negroes, and seeks to repeat Arkan-
"a and North Carolina The popula-
ton Of the State IS two-thirds negro,
and yet Scott fears the negroes viii
not re-elect him Governor, unless he
a nanaEe them believe the Ku-Kux
are about. The Charleston Ners adj
vertises for any man who believes
Scott is not q rogue, If such a rara
avis is to be found. 1t says: "When
Governor Scott left Ohio to come to
this State, he paid taxes on a blind
mare valued at 81 IS, and a dilapi-
dated chaise=Ealned at 80. For two
years lac has been Governor Of South
Carolina, at a salary Of $500 a year.
And now, according to hi6 own ad-
mission, heis worth sI3O,0 OO. Where
is the man that believes that this
huge sum was come by honestly? Let
him step forward
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ION
.ere an cut down wfeT TIT aflfed
armies bivouacked on the spot after
Waterloo. For many years the sterile,
u~ninteresting plain, thus denuded of
its timber, ran to waste, and was
covered over at last with a stunted
growth of weak and unhealthy sap
lings. In 1852 the work of adjoining
the Bots de BoulOgne was begun with
energy by the present Emperor, who
has spent enormous sums in trans
porting thither magnificent forest
trees, and now, sad to relate, Just as il
had begun to show fine clumps of
wood, and, here and there, depths of
shade, the advance of the ruthless
Prussian renders a total destruction of
the Bots a military necessity, Great
Will be the distress in the Faubourg
st. Honore, the Jockey Club viii La
ment, Fifine will shed tears, and the
Emperor viii see with the bitterest
regret the fairest flower with which ne
had decked his capital torn from her
brow. Pei
The Bots de Vincennes, upon the
eastern boundary of Paris, differs in
all respects from the Bots de BoulOgne.
1t is a park of considerable extent,
covered in great part with noble woods
which it seems almost a crime to cut
down. Some years ago the Emperor
began to lay it outin walks and drives,
and to adorn it, for the benefit chiefly
of the shopkeepers and their wives,
who dwell in the region of st. An
tome and Pere Ia GGiSe. But the
work was discontinued, and the open
spaces of the ground have since been
exclusively devoted to the heavy gun
and shell practice and artillery ma
neuvers of that grdnde drDlee which
has proved so untrustworthy a reli-
ance inthe hour of danger.
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81 SOFT can 10 IhaL, ANYHOW



a COKRESPONDENT writes nom
Portland, Oregon: zone morning, as
L sat at breakfast with the door open,
lsaw sight that could not be wit
messed in any Eastern city. Directly
opposite are a barber shop, run by ne
groes, and a laundry, operated by
Cinnamon. The Africans and Mon.
gOlians were airing themselves out
side. Along came an Indian with
his squsw and hall grow female pa.
poose, and in the opposite direction
two Caucasians and an Irishpan.
The i've races, with their respective
grand divisions-Europe, Asia, Arr.
ca, America and Ireland, were repre-.
scented on twenty feet Of sidewalk.
The Paddy vas ragged, but haIooked
as il he owned them au.p