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women and children are hudded together
like so many wild animals, and in other
places seventeen thousand Germans and
Irish praying for relief; helpless children
asking for Bread heart-broken parents,
who know not which way to turn or what
to say, and nothing to do but await the
distribution of supplies, which, at the BEST
must be slow proceeding.
There are parts of the districts, over
which it is almost impossible to travel stl.zEs
present, indeed, narrowing scenes; women
in the pains of childbirth, and patients
who have been moved from beds of sick.
ness to save their lives, were all exposed to
the rain of last night and the cold raw
winds of to-day. Several deaths have oc-
CURED at Lincoln Park, and three women
have brought children into the world only
to die. There are people who, in the Bit
terness oftheir souls, ascribe the calamity to
GODS JUDGMENT.
Each train and extras arc loaded to the
fullest capacity, taking the people away,
who in many instances have no place to go,
yet they cannot stay here, and every train
is obliged to leave five times as many pas
sengers as they take away.
In the midst of this terrible scene two
men were discovered in the act of setting
fire to houses. They were Immediately
taken and
HANGED TO LAMP POSTS.
Every effort is being made to relieve the
sufferers. The city council of Baltimore
has appropriated 100000 for the purpose,
and generous subscriptions have also been
made by the merchants and Others of Bal
timorc. All over the country meetings are
being held, and money and provisions >euIfNy
lected. 1t is feared, nevertheless, that much
suffering will take place before sufficient
relief can be afforded.
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NJ A r r | d d.

DEMOSS-HOWARD.-On Sunday even
ing, Oct. 18th, at o'clock, p. NJ, at the res
idence of Mr.. John Hollingsworth, by DR..
to Miss LOUISA HOWARD, both of Jeru-
salem Mills.
GEORGE-FORWOOD.-At the resi-
dence of the minister, Bel Air. md, 7th Oct,
1871, by the Rev. A. FL. Greenfield, IRA
GEORGE to Miss MARY FORWOOD, all
of Hartford county, Md.
ADY-TREADWAY-On the 10th inst
by Rev. j. Roberts, LEONARD ADY to
Mrs. MARTHA TREADWAY, all of this
county.
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DIED.

LONG.-On the 14th of September, JOHN
Fl. LONG, only son of Henry Long, aged
% years and months
They have laid him sadly down to rest.
The crld damp earth ON his bosom pressed
When signs are heard aud bitter tears are shed,
Thou art sleeping, dear John, with the early dead
Then sleep, dear John, in thy early tomb,
The flowers of summer DER thy grave shall bloom
The lonely night.wnls DER thy grave shall sigh
While thy young soul scars far above the sky.
lie left this world Of care and pain,
To reign with God above
hope in heaven to meet again
The one fOndly love. f. b.
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which was tastefully set off with the most
palatable confectionery and delicious ice
cream. After singing grace, the children of
the school as well as all others present par
took of this most bountiful treat.
Much credit is due to the superintendent
and his lady, and to all officers, teachers and
persons connected with the school.
FALLSTONIAN.
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FAIR AND FEsTIvAL.--Attention is direct
ed to the notice of a fair, to commence on
Tuesday, Oct. Gath, at Vernon M. E. Church.
We are assured that no efforts will be spared
to contribute to the enjoyment ofvisitors, and
good time may therefore be expected
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JARRATT SPENCER.

We the friends of the above named per-
son, place before the people of Hartford
County his name as the Peoples Candi-
date for the Sheriffalty; we will give our
hereafter.
4 MANY VoTERs.
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a $on1I Colt, six months 4 <
york Horses fRockaway Carriage NJ y
lew, set Carriage Harness, Saddle ahdA
Bridles new new Sleigh, Sleigh Bells,
new Buffalo Robe, Sow and Pigs, 2 fat
Hogs. Also salt Herring and Shad, Pota-
toes by the buShel, Oats and Hay.
Household and Kitchen Furniture,
sis.ing ola splendid full suit of Parlor
Furniture (WalnuD covered with green
rep, elegant ingram Carpets, Stair Carpets
and rods, Rag Carpets, two splendid Wal
nut Book Cases, Chairs, Tables, Cook Stove.
/ Oriental Heater, Coal Stoves, Lounges,
Clocks, Lamps, and many other articles too
numerous to mention. All these goods are
almost new.
At the same time and place I will sell
my entire stock of
Drugs and Drug Fixtures,
suitable for a first class Drug Store-the
fixtures suitable also for Notion Store
These consist of Drug Drawers, Shelving,
Glass Casing over shelves, splendid Show
Cases, Tromer's Scales with case, Counter
Scales, Cork Presses, Tobacco Cutter, Writ
ing Desks, as gallon Coal Oil Can, large
lot Tin Cans, from one to ten gallons, Demi-
johns, &c.
The Medicines are pure and fresh, and
are contained in ground stoppered, salt and
tincture Jars, from half gallon down to four
ounce. The jars and bottles are of the Ia
test styles, having mushroom shoppers, and
all nicely Labelled. Here is q chance for
Druggists who have not uniform run OF
jars and bottles, to furnish Themselves
chance for Farmers to get medicines for
stock; in fact q chance for everybody, rs
we have little of everything that every
body wants.
s857 Sale Positive, if weather is fair, if
not next day.
TERMS Oh ;sSSALE,- All sums Of $40
and under csr>ssH r-s----- all
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New sToRE.-As may be seen by adver-
tisement in our paper this week, Mr.. D. W.
Taylor is about to open new store, near
Perrymansvlle. His stock will be ample, of
the first-class, and sold at the lowest rates.
The accommodating disposition of the pro-
prietor will ensure him liberal share of the
patronage of the neighborhood
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For County Commissioner.

Mr.. EDITOR: Please announce BENJA-
MIN STANDIFORD, as an Independent
candidate for County Commissioner, for
the FIRST DISTRICT.
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pair large well-broken Mules, 6 years old,
1 good work Horse, 2 Patrick Henry Colts,
one and two years old, 1 two-year old colt
by "Nick of the Woods" 5 Milch Cows,
one of them fresh, Is head of young Cattle,
| Sow and Pigs, 6 Hogs, 8 Shoats, four
horse Wagon, two-horse iron axle Wag-
on, one horse spring Wagon, top Buggy,
2 Sleighs, Hay Carriage, one-horse thresh-
ing Machine, Montgomery Wheat Fan,
1 Woods Mower, 1 wire tooth Horse Rake,
1 Buggy Tongue, 2 sets Single Harness, 4
sets Lead Gears, sets Sleigh Bells, Sad
die and Brides, Plows, Harrows, Cultiva-
tors and other
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WE KNOW thai for cleaning puint, windows china
and glassware; +" polishing knives, tin, iron, brass
aud copper wares and for removing stains from marble
aud porcelain, and from machinery Enoch Moryun's
Sons Sap,liU is the best thing in Use.
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A PREMIUM OF $25 was awarded to Mr.. E.
j. b. Whitaker, of Hartford county, at the
Maryland Agricultural Fair recently held,
for the best quick drart gelding
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NOTICE TO HoUsEKEEPERs.-We would
advise housekeepers, who are now getting
ready for the winter" and those youthful
lovers who have just embarked or are about
to venture upon, the sea of matrimony, and
tiseroisre feel an interest in Everything per-
tang to housekeeping, to call at the cstab-
lishment of Richard Armiger, No 1876 North
Gay street, Baltimore. His stock of house
keeping goods is the most complete in the
city and embraces everything necessary to
good housekeeping-all of the first quality
and at lowest rates. Dealers would also find
it to their advantage to examine his stock
and prices. Look out for his advertisement
next week.
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Twenty-Five Cents Reward.

T EFT the subscriber, on the evening of
IL October 4th, 1871, bound White APP
prentice named MAGGIE O'NEAL. The
public are warned against harboring said
as the law will be rigidly en-
forced against any person so offending
o. M. WAKEFIELD.
Darlington, Md. oct6
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1871-10-13

ALARMINa-RATH Monday morn
ing, between nine and ten o'clock, some of
our people were made sensible of manifesto
tions similar To all recorded experiences of
earthquakes, by the shaking of their houses,
&c the shock being accompanied by Iumb
ling noise, lasting, perhaps, for half minute,
and not unlike the roaring of a chimney 1t
was at once ascribed to a commotion among
the internal arrangements of old Mother
Earth The telegraph, however, subsequent
ly announced that at about the hour named,
an explosion of 200 kegs of gunpowder took
place at Duponts powder works, near Will
mington, Del, causing veritable shock, and
giving rise to the belief that it was an earth
quake. The shock was felt in several places,
some of them at great distance. In one of
the public schools, in Baltimore city, it crea-
ted quite panic among the children, though
it does not seem to have been regarded there
as an earthquake, but was attributed to the
rapid generation of gas about the furnace.
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WANTED-By an experienced Teach
w err, situation as Governess. Refer
ence given, if required. Address II. r.. b.,
Forest Hill P. o., Hartford Co., Md. se29
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Stra,yss.

Hartford County to soit::
T HEREBY certify that Benjamin F. Car
Il roll, of said county, brought before me,
the subscriber, one of the Justices of the
Peace for said county, this 2Sth day fSep-
TENDER, 1871, as Strays, two white SOWS,
without any ear mark and three spotted
male SHOATS, trespassing on his enclos-
ures, from the 18th day of July last up to
the above date. Given under my hand.
B. LEGOE.
The owner or owners of the above des-
cribed Sow and Shoats is requested to prove
property, pay charges and take them away.
oct6 BENZ. F. CARROLL.
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CASE REMovED.-The case of Mrs. L. G.
Wharton, the alleged poisoncr of General
Ketchum and Mr., Eugene Van Ness, in Bal
timore, has been removed to the Circuit Court
of Anne Arundel county for trial.
New CENSUS AND PATENT LAws-We
are indebted to Mum Sc Co., publishers of
the Scientific american, New York, for aneat
little bound volume of 1870 pages, entitled as
above. 1t contains the complete Census of
1870, showing the Population, by Coun-
tics, of all the States and territories, with
their Areas, and the Population of the Prin-
cipal Cities. Also tie new Patent Laws in
full, with Forms, Official Rules, Directions
how to obtain Patents, Copyrights, Regu-
lations for Trade Marks, Assignments, How
to Sell Patents, etc. Also, a large variety of
valuable information relating to Water.
Wheels, Steam Engines, and other mechan-
ism, with many useful tables and recipes, IT'S
diagrams of Mechanical Movements, etc. We
advise everybody to send for it as above.
Price, 25 cents. A more valuable compen-
dunn, for so small price, has rarely been
published.
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FOUND GunTY.-The trial of Gen Bow
eman, formerly a custom house officer, at
Baltimore, indicted for embezzling U. S.
jury bringing in verdict of guilty. He was
remandcd for sentence
Major ]. l.. Hodge, the defaulting paymas-
ter of the U, S. army, who was tried by court
martial recently, and found guilty, has been
sentenced to be cashiered, forfeit all arreara.
gcs of pay and allowances, and to be impris-
oned ut hard labor for the term of ten years
Fl u penitentary ut Albany, N, Y, has been
designated as the place of his imprisonment
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THE SOUTHERN MAGAzINE.-This excel
lent periodical, published in Baltimore city,
by Mcssrs. Murdoch, Browne & Fill, at 81
II year, has special claims on Marylanders for
support 1t is Il successful effort to bnild up
in our State magazine of heightened litera-
ture, which shall take the place of the fiashy
and frequently immoral publications which
have for some time past flooded the land. In
selecting u magazine, subscribe for it,
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We gave last week, in reply to the STRIFE
lures passed upon US by the card of the late
Executive Committee, the grounds upon
which our article of a few weeks since was
based. The controversy was not of our seek
ing, and for that reason, and failing to dis
cover any particular advantage it can posi-.
bly, result in to the party or any individual,
we abstain from pursuing it any further,
unless it shall be continued to be forced upon
us. In the latter event we shall not have any
discretion left us in the matter, and must of
clsatiOnS.
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TIE. GREAT FIRE AT CHICAGO.


81 ", prevents us from giving
Nlan brief account of
fago, which in Il few
Il. rs of helpless people
E. swept away entire
ne Ble breath of the fiery
s II niiicent lberality on
~ Slmane, We fear, will prove
1t great itteasGHE6 Of suf-
&9 empty to inculcate, in
cccssity of giving and
at Nland, of our substance,
W ltEercrs by this dire
Il ~ &C and helpless infancy,
! women-appeal to us for
pings which speak more plain
ahagc. Let us heed their Cry.
II !ections be made in every church
APPEL, as well as in other public places
> our county, so that every one may have an
opportunity of contributing, no matter in
how slight degree. Let no one refuse to give
upon the miserable plea that it is Il visitation
Of Providence upon the wrclchcd city, for
fragrant violations of His law? Who arc we
that Judge? IF the divine rctributon were
melted out to us for our transgrcssons, might
not our condition be worse than that of the
unfortunate citizens of Chicago? We say
again. give, give literally, for the relief of
those who have been the victims of this dire
misfortune
The Van Buren press., 1871-04-25
NO. 45

WORD ser REyoRMs.--s Coin u
build . new meetin' house p said old
Aunt Dorothy; "what on airth they
want new meetin' house fort I'd like
10 know ifthe old one amt good enough ?
Its been good enough for my folks,
from my great great grandfather down;
and its good enough for me, but some
how, nowadays, folks amt never content
ed-they're always rantin' somethiR
new"
There 10 good deal Of truth in The
old ladys remarke I'VE are not csntented;
We are always wanting something new;
and yet how tsnaciously some cling to
forms and customs that are outgr0wn
and that should he laid aside; and when
q reform In any department Of the family
or society is proposed, they consider Il
their especial duty to oppose II, and put
|it down--ths old msetin' house y COED
enough why want better2
II our grandmothers sanded their par
lor floors. and filed the Are plaee with
huge branches or asparagus, In earthen
pets; shall we, with our weaker cor.
stitutions and fner tcmpcramentsf shive-
on hare floors and I'LL every cracked
pitcher with ragwesd and catnip, simply,
because to have . comfortable carpet,
and vases filled with delicate roses, would
be an invasion upon the customcs ofhalf
. century ago2
| II the music Of the spinning. wheel
charmed the ears Of our grandmother,
and marked samplers in crude frames
pleased their eyes, shall we deny ourssl
yes the finer harmony aud softer melody
of the flute and piano, and the keeaer en-
joyment Of finc paintings, and the many
beautiful things that the genius OF the
present generation surrounds Us with, but
which were unknown fifty years sgei
And because the kitchen, with it.
smoke begfimmed walls. ornamentsd
with string Of onions and dried apples,
aud redolent with the odors Of 3 dozS
different herbs, served the past generation
for sitting, eating, and perhaps sleepinn
room, shall we foreeo the enjoyment Of
our well-lighted sitting aud sleepingg
rooms, our cheerful dining-room and
convenient kitchen, with its most approx
w appointments W s"ob"t P~"N'~" s>
sink roomP
And then, because church society
has existed for quarter ofa century
under constitution containing nine ~.
ticles of agreement, and hayinga name
Of only tUo syllables, shall 80 cry ont
and hold up our hands in holy horror.
because, forseoth the new generation
asks for reorganization Of the society.
with name OF three syllables, and only
three articles OF agreement9
How absurd Nay, rather let 10 hail
with delight every sign OF progress and
advancement, regarding it step toward
that state OF perfection We must reach
ere We can greet the dawn Of tho Millsai-
um.
And a. forms and customs become
outgrown and obsolete, let us give them
up gracefully, cheerfully, laying them
aside as We would an old garment OF .
boquet Of withered flowers, retaining
precious memories Of them for the good
they have done and the pleasure We have
derived from them, rejoicing that by the
development Of knowledge VIC are able
10 adopt wiser and better ones; or, II
not wiser and better, those more adapted
to the demands Of the times.
The Van Buren press., 1871-04-25

How THE PARIS RrorERs MuRDERsr'
GENERALS THOMAS AND Lrcoxrr. The
Figaro relates as follows the capture and
death OF Generals Thomas and Lecomte,
who were assassinatsd by the reds:
Having heard that ono Of his former
aides-dc camp had been seized by tho in
surgents, Gen. Clement Thomas deter.
mined to look after him, and with that
object reached the Place Pigalic about
five o'clock. lie was in plain clothes.
One of the insurgents having recognized
him by his full white beard went up to
him and said. care you not General
Clement Thomas p "No!" was the tirst
reply. II do not think / am mi ,takcn."
said the insurgent, "though you are
easily recognized by your beard.
swell, suppose it is i, replied the ger
eral firmly, "what then? Have NOT
always done my duty?" "You are .
wretch and a traitor. said the insurgent
scixing the old man by the collar. Othsrs
came to his aid. and they dragged the
general towads the Rue dee Roiserss
where the central republican committee
Of Montmartre held it's sittings. The
fate of the unfortunate Clement Thomas
was decided etf fhana. At six O'Clock
body Of national guards with his execu-
ton led him into the garden. In that
trying moment the old general evinced
the most heroic composurc. He stood
upright, facing his executioners and held.
ing his hat in his hand. Instead OF ~.
ing upon him by platoon volley. ~ b
the military custom, his cxecutioners
fred upon him one after another AZ
each hall struck. the body Of the victim
became convulsively agitated. but still ~.
mained firm in its place as n statue. Al.
ter the fourteenth shot the general was
still erect, looking hxedly upon his ere
cutioners and yet holding HE hat Al
last the fifteenth ball struck him beneath
the right eye and brought him to the
ground. General Lecomte was brought
to the same spot soon Afterwards. He
was very pale, kept his hand half folded
upon hts chest, and muttered a few words
Of protest. The firing party in hls case
was composed Of soldiers belonging to
the eighty. eighth regiment Of the line.
ut is thy turn" they cried; "thcu
gavest the order to fire upon the people"
An instant later and General LecoMts
had fallen dead. A lieutenant OF the
a69th battalion present at these masss.
cres could not refrain from sxclaiming.
ITO shoot them without hearing sasml
1t is too horrible
The Van Buren press., 1871-04-25

A QUAKER PRINTERS PRovERBs --
Never scndest thou in an article for pub
lication without giving the editor your
name. for the name ottentimes sccurctil
publication tn worthless articles.
Thou shouldst not rap at the door OF
printing office, for he that answereth
the rap snckereth in his sleeve and loseth
time
Neither do thon loaf about, ask ques
tions. or knock dawn type, or the boys
will love thee like they do shade trees
when thou leaveth.
Thou shouldst never read the copy on
the printers case or on the sharp and
hooked containcr thereof, or he may
knock thee down.
Never irquire thou Of tho editor for
the news. for behold, it is his business,
at the appointed time, to give it to thee
without asking.
1t is not right that thou shouldst ask
him who is the author Of an article, for
his duty requireth him to keep such
things to himself.
When thou dost enter into his office,
take heed rnto thyself that thou dost not
look at what may be lying open and con
ccrneth thee not. for that is not meet in
the sight Of good breeding.
Neither examine thou the proof sheet
for it is not ready to meet thine eye. that
thou mayest understand 1t.
Prefer thine own town paper to any
other. and subscribe for it Immediately
pay far 1t in advance and it shall be
well with thee and thine.
The Van Buren press., 1871-04-25

BACHELORS, ATTENTION The atten-
ton Of all bachelors is invited to the fol.
lowing "wail:"
There " are some sad sights in this
world; city sacked and burnt--a battle
field after great slaughter--a London in
the midst offs plague-s ship burning a,
sea---a family pining in starvation-a jug
Of molasses wrecked upon the pavement
All bad. it is true.
"But to us, the saddest sight Of all, Ia
an old bachelor wearing toward the end
OF his journey Of life, his great duties un'
done. Miserable creature! just look at
him his shirt buttons of-his stockings
out at the tocs-not son or daughter,
nora relative to drop tear to close bis
eyes in death, or to leave his money TO
nobody, in fact, to caro- for him
stunned by saint aud sinner. Poor old
bachelorw