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BALTIMORE, Jan. list, 1870

"Your note informing me of the coming
of the "Box" from Port Deposit, was
indeed a glad message. Really know not
what we would do without your kindness,
for all the ladies here are interested in so
many other institutions. went up this
morning to see what they needed for their
New Years Dinner, but found that with
your bounty they still had abundance, and
were to dine on Chicken-pie" which
would be great treat.
We cannot sufficiently thank you for
your gifts, and for your care and trouble in
collecting, and forwarding them. We
who all the year, have to provide for so
many, we'll know how to appreciate your
care and liberality in thus supplying
this our Annual Feast In the name of
sour Orphans accept our hearty thanks"
M. G. CARSON,
Secretary.
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WIN. II. EAGLE, & Co., who arc 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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Z. E. EWING, Esq.-Dear Sir:-For sew
eral years past, the good people of Port
Deposit, have testified their remembrance
of the ''Soldier's Orphans" by sending
christmas Dinner" to tho Md. Union
Orphan Asylum. Wesend you the follow
ing extracts from letter from the Secrc-
tary of the Board of Managers, that the
Friends who have contributed may see how
fully their gifts are appreciated, and with
the hope that others may be stirred up to
like deeds of kindness to sour Country's
Orphans c. NJ. TOME.
n. RAMSAY,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

The Legislature of Ohio met at Column
bus on Monday. The election, on tho Goth
ult., of Howard (Rep.,) in the Senatorial
district made vacant by the death of one Of
the same party, preserves tho Republican
majority in that body, and secures, We
hope, the ratification Of the fifteenth
amendment. Our advices al Q all suspicious
of that event.
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Proposals for Letter Balances,
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
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+,
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this Depart
mcnt until the 2D, day of January 1870, ut II o'clock
n""n for furnishing Letter Balances for the use of the
Post Offices il the United States for year from and
afr the first LAY OF February 1870 of the fcilowin.
description, namely
lSt Balances capable of weighing eight ounces avoir
'np", weight to be graduated down quarter ounces
al these it is supposed 1000 will be wanted. Also
Balances of the capacity graduated by the metric
or rainr system. OF this class 100 may he required.
2d. Balances capaLle of weighing thirty-two ounces
:volupoi- weight to be graduated halfounces OF
this Class il is supposed 200 will he required.
Perfect accuracy. strength and durability will be
required in the Balance, TO br furnished.
Samples of each description Of Balances must accom-
pany each hid. and the IN lder Who may obtain the con-
tract will be required (" furnish Balances of quality
i'll all respects equal to the sample.
Each Balance must bc well and securely packed in a
box for transportation and delivered free of all expense
To the Blank Agency. Washington, DC
Each bidder must furnish with his proposal rraran-
tees of his ability To comply with his bid and cerii-
cate from postmaster that such guar;nor reliable
persons.
Two sufficient suraes will be required to a contract
ftur" to furnish promptly Balances contracted for
or the furnishing If inferior article will he considered
sufficient cause for n forfeiture of the contract.
The Postmaster General reserves the right of deciding
which bid in its practical results, may be to the
ncret nf the Department and also Of rejec ting sny or
all bids it. in his judgment, the interests of the Depart
ment require it.
Proposals must he iniorsed the envelope "Propo-
sails for Letter Balances and directed to the First
Assistant Postmaster General, Washington DC.
JOHN A. J. CRESWELL.
Dec IL. lS"-5w Postmaster General.
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The Philadelphia s. Baltimore
Central Railroad COMPANY.

FHILADELPHIK DSCemDer % 1863.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Phil
adelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad Company will
be held MONDAY January 10TH 1870 in the Hall of
the Borough of Oxford Chester county, Pa at eleven
O'Clock for the purpose Of electing President and
Twelve Directors and to take action for changing the
time of holding Annual Meetings. also. for such other
business may legally come before said meeting.
JOSEPH IIUDDELL,
Jan !. 1S,e-2w Secretary
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ITHERTY YEARS Experience in the
i Treatment Of Chronic and Sexual

DiSeAseS.-i Physiological Tier Of JElriugc-Thc
cheapest book ever Notwithstanding. nearly 800
PAGES I'D fine plates and en-ravnGs Of the anatomy
"i the human in state of health aid disease
with treatise on carly errors its dcplurHhe conse-
iucnc'S upon the mind and body with the authors plan
u! trcamen-the only rational AMI successful mode Of
cure, AZ shown by report Of treated. truthful
slTiscr to the married and those contemplating marriage
who entertain doubts ct tier physical condition. Sent
Tree OF postage to address receipt cents in
rtamns postal currency, by addressing Dr. LA CROIE
No. 81 Maiden Lane. Albany, n. Y. The author may
be consulted upon any of the diseases upon which his
books treat either personally by mall and medicines
sent 10 any part of the world
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give would call the public attention
to the justly celebrated d" Wilmington City
Soap manufactured by Moore & Bro
1t works like magic! and no good house
keeper who has once used it, will be with.
ont it.
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NOTICES., &c.
BRIDGE NOTICE.

Notice Is t"re!y given that application will he made
10 the County Commissioners Of Cecil county at their
hrst regular meeting after the 18th day Of January.
lH'o to repair bridge. C",k's Store. in Port
Deposit. Dec IS lSGq-lm
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

THE GOVERNORS MEssAGE.-Governor
Bowie's message was sent to the Legisla-
ture on Thursday, and occnpies nine closely
printed columns of the american. The
Governor opposes the Nv Amendment,
which will no doubt be remembered by his
approach them as suppliants for their votes.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

B We publish elsewhere the prospectus
of the Germantown Telegraph, and would
direct the attention of those wishing 4
good family paper to it.
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AND ALTERNATE TUESDAYS.
Notice to Creditors.

This il I" give notice. that the subscriber cf Cecil
county, hath obtained from the Orphans Court Of said
county letters of Administration the personal estate
of !ElJAH KNIGHT
lat" ot said county deceased All persons having claims
against III" rai deceased hereby warned exhibit
the same. with til" vouchers thereof duly
On or before the 18th day of December 1870;
they may otherwise. by law, lie excluded from all benefit
OF SAID estate. Al persons in.Icd said estate are
requested to make Immediate payment To the suscr;-
her Given uni'r my land, this 18th dy of December,
1860. Ia e. GERRY
Administrator of Ahijah Knight cd.
Iest-EEGBsH ID. JAMAR Register.
Dec Is, lSG:l--6w
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NOTICE.
PROPOSALS.
For Wrapping Paper and Irvine.

Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, December 4, 1861
SEALED PROPOSALS will G- received at this De,ar.-
'"nt until the 10th day Of January, 1870 Il o'clock
noon. for furnishing Wrapping Paper and Irvine for the
Of the Post Offices in the United States for one rcnr
from til" lot day of February. 1870: the said articles to
"a. delivered free "f expense to the Department ut the
Blank Agony % til" Post Office Department Wash
iugton. y. C.
The estimated quantity Of each article and the quality
thereof re iuTs1. ar" specified h"!nw
lS.Gco rcans of Wrapping Paper 20 y inches in size
of a materill AMI quality equal in al respects to
that now in III tire Department. and 10 weigh
y poun':s t" the reaml. and eac!. such ream to
contain ~ perfect Iuircs.
$50 rcams of the kind of PAPER &c 10 inches in
size, To weigh ij pounds 10 the rcam.
aovoo pounds Of cotton or other suitable Irvine, hard
twisted. and in balls TO weigh about pound
each. and 80 hound to prevent its becoming
loose and tangled by transportation.
10000 pounds OF coarse Hemp Irvine about one-eishth
q" an inch in iiaEi"ter and in balls to weigh from
one to two porrd5 each and So bound pre-
vent its becoming loose and tangled by translor-
Prop ,sals will he received for each article separately
for all together.
The contracts will be awarded to the lowest
anal best bidder, TO he determined after careful exami-
nat ion for the purpose OF nsctrtauing which bid will in
Is practical results be most advantageous Depart
nsnt.
More or less than the estimated quantities NAV be
ordered, as TIE necessities of the Department may
require. at the discretion Of the Postmaster General;
Samples of such articles used at the Post
Offices may be at thu Offices supplied or at the
Blank Agency of the Post Office Department.
hi Ider1 will sen, samples of such articles as they
propose 10 furnish.
Ea n bidder must furnish with his proposal y,.aran-
tees his ability t" comply with his bid and
cate from postmaster that such guarantors reliable
pers ms.
Two Sufficient srretics will lie required each con-
tract
failure to furnish promptly any article contracted
for or for furnishing article inferior that con
tractcl for. will be- considered a sufficient cause for
forfeiture "f tne-con-ract.
Bus NOT 'iic ii conformity with tits notice will not
he considered
The Postmaster General reserves the tight deciding
which bid in its practical results, may bu most to the
Interest If the Department. and also of rejecting any or
all bis, il in his judgment the interests of the Depart
-nei.t rcGu!r" it.
Proposals must be marked on the envelope with the
7lr of the article bid far, and letter addressed to
'h" i!rrt Assistant Postmaster General, Washington
DC. JOHN A. J. CRESWELL
Dec II, iNOi-"w Postmaster General.
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PHILADELPHIA.
FALL AND WINTER FASHIONS

MRS u A BINDER has just arrived from Paris and
i'n" with the ntet designs personally selected from
to l." secured in Paris.
LACES. RIBBONS, yELyETS. BRIDAL Wells FLOW
EkS. FINE JEW ELRi. and TRIMMED PAPER
PATTERNS. DRESS aud CLOAK MAKING
Exclusive agent for Mrs. 81 Work. celebrated, systou
lor cutting la!irs dresses. sacJGes, btsgucr Be
=. ". corner If Eereath aad Chestnut Streets
Sept Is, Is6a-em pm ,,pTns,
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NOTICE.

Tn" Annual Meeting. e the Stockholders of TIE
COLUMBIA rDRr DEPOSIT RAILROAD COMP Any
VII! Il" held at III" Office ii the crtar LANCASTER
Pa. 1T "c!c"k p n. on MONDAY. JANUARY 10th
1870 tn" Annual Election for President AMI Directors
VIII h" held at the s:l.e time and place.
GEO. Y. ERENEMAN
b'c % lNc9-]~ Secretary.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

Minister Thornton, during his New
Years call upon Postmaster General Cres-
well, took occasion to congratulate the lat
ter upon tho prompt manner in which he
had provided against any interruption of
the ocean mail service, and to express lis
regret at the course taken by the Cunard
line of steamships.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

A number Of twenty-five coupons issues
of 1S61-G2, received at the Treasury, have
during the last sixth months, been pro-
nounced counterfeit. They are now deci-
ded genuine by the Treasury engraver.
Postmaster General Creswcll has con-
cluded arrangements by which the mails
will be forwarded to Europe three times a
week, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Satur-
day, so that the recent difficulties have been
entirely overcome.
General Grant has brought about won
derful change in the Administration of the
Government. For the first time in many
years. the offices are seeking men, and pro-
fessional placement have no success in seek
ing the offices.
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TRUSTEES SALE
Of House and Lot, in PerryyiIle.

BY virtue of Decree of the Circuit Court for Cecil
county in Ciancery, the undersigned Trustee will sell
at Public Auction at rerrEvillc Cecil county, Mary
land,
Wednesday, the 10th day of January. 1870.
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pSTCHOMAHCY, or Soul Charming.
fscinate any one they wish, instantly. tAll possess
this rowrrJ Ii teaches how to get rich. Alchemy
DIR. Dses and Aliens Cabalia. Bindings. Sorc,ries
ln.anatinns. Demonology, Mp'. M"srm-Tis,u. Spirit
uaiisin. Marriage Guide and thpu.an othrr wonders
Sent by mail for . cents Address 7. WILLIAM co.
Publishers. '"uth Seventh Street. plIatclli,. Pa.
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The President has directed Secretary Bel
KNAPP to send to duty on the frontier the
army officers who have been on duty at
Washington and other Eastern Stations for
three years past, and replace them by those
who have been roughing it during that
period.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

The Homestead Law allows every citizen
to enter one hundred and sixty acres Of the
public lands free of cost, and receive a
patent after five years of residence thereon.
The homestead is limited to eighty acres in
the alternate reserved sections along the
raiload grants. Judge Lawrence of Ohio,
has prepared and will introduce bill next
Monday to allow soldiers and seamen to
locate ona hundred and sixty acres in these
alternate sections. A large portion OF the
public lands now are only valuable for cul-
tivation by irrigation, and still more are
incapable of irrigation or cultivation, and
only valuable for grazing. His bill pro-
poses to enlarge the homestead to 100
acres of land for irrigation, with enc
hundred and sixty acres of grazing land,
in favor of all persons now entitled to
Eomesteads. He is also preparing bill to
secure the payment of pensions in every
county without cost to the pensioners, and
to reduce the expenses Of the Government
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-01-08

Sales of gold to the extent OF one mil
lion dollars, and purchase of bonds to
like amount, will be continued on alternate
weeks throughout the month of January.
These transactions will be on account of
the sinking fund. Alternate sales of the
same amount of gold aud purchase of two
millions of bonds a week are also ordered
on behalf of the special fund. These al
ternates also alternate so that no more than
one sale OF one purceaso will take place in
single week.
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by President Grant and Vice President Col
fax, each being personally introduced to
both gentlemen. The officers of the Army
and Navy, i'll full uniform, headed by GEN
eral Sherman and Admiral Porter, pre-
scented fine appearance, both of these
branches of the public service being largely
represented. The reception of citizens
generally began at half past twelve.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-11
REcoNcILlATlON ON.

o f! sad and weary life; mus I, in sol row,
Thy desolate hours proIong; eond emned 10
be
outcast; from no s mpathy to b' Irrow
Relief, however short; in misery,
Yes; for thy sin, the p aren't Of thy . orroW,
Is one peculiar To y 1yseIf; and 50
Inou arr ympathy to bol Tow
To mitigate thy g ief; thy tears nj tt now
And she, who, ey en- In our alien alto
helgns emPrs > of the heart hal ohnss =
Must she, whe Il others wrought our separa
Alone?
Nes-wen 81 le eOmprehends that lienaL. on
rue c.ssts I'd stab upon her fames &c Know >
aye knoVrs, though Others wrough : thas sep
And aimed the slander-thy hand struck
Alone.
Enough; will she reject my hearts petition?
TIese signs and tears that hearts; remOrse
attest.
S.ust they re breathed and shed in vain con-
trfttOnH
Oblivion for the past denied his breast,
Alone?
No for her heart Is tender and for giving.
or woman's nature is a holy thiiIgl
Her love was sorsly wounded. yet tbs living,
Her plighted faith to thee remembering.
Alone.
Joseph p. JARDINE.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-11
Street Watsrinu.

Chemistry has lent its aid :.
tRe problem Of watering the Straos
u London, and Mr., Coono,
1dS proposed a device H.
Ee#o says, which practioanE
amounts to making them. tn : 80
extent, water themselves. His nGn
Is 10 use a weak solution of dal;dna-
cent saltS--that is to say. salts yHb;aI
have the power of attracting to tbaN
selves the moisture present in than1
Inc roads Watered with
ILLS soiutlon dry very slowly, and no
cover considerable dampneSs at niobf
IN this way oae eartload of wsfe esn
pc made to do the work of five or ~
thns securing agreat saving In watA.
Just at the times when eeooomv !.
desirable. The wear and fesr
carts Is also saved, as we'll so no"oL
ianor OF aOEses and men. Tbers =
@iso additional advantage in tha !,
Inat, by watering a road oH act
we shall bfoofS saturday
the So ue against dust
. he -4uuay. Incidentally, too,
"opens that the salts EMPLOYED
have the property of fixing the am
which arises from any Orpanic
1ompOnents of the mud. The plan Is
being tried, and it is said to be suc-
'essful, but vested interests" are said
70 be strongly opposed to it in some
parts. But let the efficiency of the
plan be proved, and the public will
lot allow BumbledOm to stand in the
say of its adoption.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-11

THE IuKa Springs Gazette says:
The Memphis APPEAL is wholly mis-
taken in supposing we had any allu-
sion to that paper in our issue on
conservative Democracy or 'DemOc-
racy' sine conservative If we are
moi altogether wrong in interpreting
the APPEAL editorials, we are fully
together with regard to the propriety
Of a party name. Being entirely sat
isied to be called a Democrat, and to
fight under that old banner, we have
felt that there was no need of adding
an adjunct to it," We are pleased to
have 50 wide awake, earnest and able
a cO-labOrer.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-11

following with anxious eyes the path:
trod by contending armies. Europe,
meanwhile, was also studying the
geography of this continent and maps
ofthe States were in every newspaper,
and eagerly cOnned over by every
intelligent European. Richmond,
Corinth, Franklin, Atlanta, Memphis,
Vieksburg, became household words
In Europe. And what is this terrible
propulsion of one mighty nation
against another in Europe doing for
US? We are startled by the terrific
magnitude of armies, by the splendor
OF their equipments, by their wonder
full valor, by the mechanical precision
OF their movements, by the extraordi-
nary destructiveness of their weapons.
By all these incidents of the fearful
struggle, we are completely fascinated.
Not the less are we amazed by the
rapidity Of astounding events which
unsettle facts and ideas, the growth
OF many centuries. We therefore fol-
low over maps, and trace the paths
of colossal armies, with t1reless toll
and studious care. We +" gobble" q
little French, and practice upon COM
monplace German and French
phrases; but we acquire meanwhile a
thorough knowledge of the geography
OF western Europe. Homes are made
desOlate; there are broken hearts and
hearthstones in countless cottages in
the fairest land the sun ever smiled
upon. The fields are green, and end
less cellars are filed with wine, but
the poor people who toiled to gather
this gladdening harvest that the world
might bless the wine makers of France
are expelled from their pretty vine
covered homes and are starving ever
where. We g and hear lite ~ an
this, but have learned that the vino.
clad hills of France are In the notb
the Prussian invader. We have
learned, too, where. Goldsmith loved
to wander and repose at night amop,
french vine dressers, whose o,
leet chased the fyixs yins
the matchIe4s
wrote in fancy inner ne,
became living facF anJ III '"a'
hat the Freneh (, ttaoars of - =
.entury wGfe1ine same then as now,
attractive We feature of thecomtry
'pi'ears as the remorseless demon
i var advances, and as we trace its
we only lear what a paradise
ma mis- unhallowed steps
villages are swept aE ay
I'd gardens are withered by the
foul breathings of horrible war. We
shall soon know as much of the
streets of Paris, unless peace be made,
as of Washington, Memphis OF New
York, and will finally confess that
war is the great benefactor of our
race, for the reason that it is better
than any school of singing geography
ever organized.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-11

II Is not so much what you say,
As the T tanner in which you ga y 1t;
It's not : o much the Language yC "a use.
As the tones in which you con- icy it.
come heret"I sharply said,
Anu me baby covered and We PIT;
Oone hereF'I co.Oed, and ne looked anC
Anc~ straight to my lap he cr' pit.
me words may be mil d and fs lr,
nd the tones may p 1eree II ke a DART
lie words may be soft as the summer ar
And the tones may bl 'eak ne neat.
Tor words but come frol o the MIND,
And grow ~ study ar 0artg
But the tOnesleap forth from the inner sell
And reveal the state oft ne neatb'
Whether you know Il or not,
Whether you mean 10 on care.
GentleneSs, kindness, love e and hate,
Envy and anger are thel e.
Then, would you quarrels avoid,
And in peace and love n Joice,
Keep anger not only out OF your words,
But keep it out OF your W lice.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-11

THE French journal Of New York,
lie Courier deS EtaS Utis, takes a de.
spairing view OF the situation OF
France. 1t says: "With Mcmahon
destroyed, and Bazaine pOwerless,
France has no longer.anyarmy. 4
The three millions of her young men,
between the ages of twenty and thir-
ty, called out at once and hurled
against the solid, disciplined, well
armed mass of the victorious Pms
slams, would only rush'to destruction.
and would not drive back one step the
iron wall around them. = =
The first phrenzy past, calm reflection
will throw a cold sheet over heroism
and we doubt if any one will be found
TO take the initiative in new efforts.
and the responsibilities for new dis
asters.D
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-11

WE are pleased to see that our old
friend Victor w. Thompson, ESQ, so
well known throughout Mississippi as
a true man and a talented Journalist
in the olden times, is now, with re-
gained health, lately SO much reduced
by his fidelity to the "lost cause
striking vigorous blows for the Demo-
cratic party as the editor of the Austin
STATE Gazette. The Gazette is one of
the ablest and most effective journals
of Texas. In its vindieation of State
rights it will never waver or grow
weak. It's position is more impregna-
Die than Gibraltar, and even as the
rock of truth itself, as follows:
1. All the rights and powers of the
States as independent sovereign Govern
nents which they consented to surrender
or delegate 10 the Federal Government.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-11

THERE is a disposition seemingly
prevalent in this country to rejoice
over the announcement of the Repub-
lie in France. We hope it may indeed
turn out well for the French people.
We shall know the fact better when it
is fully accomplished. 1t is too soon
for congratulations. We prefer to
wait and see.