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No license shall be granted to sell spirituous fer
mented liquors. or lager beer in quantities less than
pint for the sum of 1885, unless the person applying
therefor shall also obtain license to sell goods chattes
and merchandise paving therefor the
before prescribed according the of the
in trade.
OYSTER AND EATING HoUsEs-The license to be
paid by the keepers Of oyster and eating houses
throughout the State.
Females vending millinery and other small articles,
whose stock is $500 pay license of only:
but if that they are required to pay the
same licenses other persona-oath to be made
tine amount of stock at the principal of the
The Clerk shall not issue license to person sell
sprituous fermented liquors from whom the grand
jury has recommended license to be withheld or to
whose license has been the Court
without 4 special order of the Court
The s6th section Of the Code which required app-
cant for license to open oyster eating houses
cure the recommendation Of two neighborng freehold
and also to make oath before the Clerk Of the Cir.
ruit Court Of his county &C. as to the annual value
mouse. in repealed.
The above licenses to retailers and oyster and eating
hoasrs 20 into effect on the LIST of May.
The owner or keepers of every stallion Jack shall
befe being permitted to stand station animal
pay to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of of the
ounes in this State the highest which he intend,
TO ask receive for the of mare; and th
receipt of the said Clerk, with the seal of his Court
attached thereto, for said sum, shall be the license fol-
Sttionng standing such stallion lack wear
from the date thereof: Provided that in shall
hr directed TO be paid by this section for suct,
censc hs less than ten dollars; and that every stallion
Ut jack upon which the said tax paid shall be exempt
from all other State tax.
Any owner or keeper stationing standing any stall
lion jack without license shall forf-tand pay twice
the authorized and required to be paid
preceding section, onehalf tho State and the other
half TO the inforner.
Amendments to the License LAWS,
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Chapter lis, page cas-, \

Chapter lis, page 23S)
To amend section ons of Article fysx of the Code Of
rnoe General Laws entitled License" relating to
Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly OF MARYLAND
tina: non one OF Article ay.SK Of the God. OF en
lie General Laws entitled License se amended anl
'ptnieted so 40 to read va fallowsi
All licenses shall be granted by the Clerts of h Mr.,
cut Courts Of the counties and she Clerk Of the Cour,
"f Common Pleas in the city Of Baltimore except whers
unerent mode Is specially provided and all licenses
granted by the sad clerks shall expire on the rt do
81 May sext thereafter except for fisheries and
horse licenses and if granted for part of year
able s!nn shall be charged therefor.
Amendn"ntx to the LICENSE Y.aNs
passed a. January Session, 1855,
tCbapter 23s, page ll4)
AN ACT
70 add an additional section TO Article fy.sx Of the
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CALT.-LIvERpooL a. A. SALT.
~ TURNS ISLAND SALT
ROCk SALT. For sale nv
mar 81 JOHN PARTRIDGE
, 1872-12-21

Is rigidly scientific in its character, we will s.l-
ply recite tho subjects of which it treats !. On
The Absorption and Radiation Of Heat by Gases
and Vapors, and on the Physical Connection
Of Radiation, Absorption, md Conduction !;
2. Further Researches on the Absorption and
Radiation Of Heat by Gaseous Matter; 9. On tho
Relation Of Radiant Heat to Aqueous Yapor;
4. On the Passage Of Radiant Heat through Dry
and Humid Air; s. On the Absorption and Ra-
diation OF Heat by Gaseous and Liquid Matter !;
6. Contributions to Molecular Physics; T. On
Luminous and Obscure Radiation 8. On Calor-
escence or the Transmutation Of Heat Rays; 9.
On the Influence of Color and Mechanical Con-
dition on Radiant Heat; 10. On the Action Of
Rays OF High Refransibility upon Gaseous
Matter; II. Aqueous Vapor; r.. Recent Re-
searches on Radiant Heat; 10. On Radiation
through the Earth'a Atmosphere; ID. On 3 New
Series OF Chemical Reactions produced by
Light; Is. On the Blue Color OF the Sky, the
Polarization Of Sky Light, aud On the Polari-
zation Of Light by Cloudy Matter Generally;
16. On Cometary Theory; II. On the Formation
and Phenomena of Clouds.
CIV. B. Koen, Cooke & Co., Chicaso.)
, 1872-12-21

Figuior writestoo much to write well. Within
O very few years he has produced nine huge vol
urnes, each Of them illustrated with two OF three
hundred cuts. His works are: Primitive
sEarth and Sea-" stIho Vegetable World, u
1.-THE Insect World, !" 1.-THE Ocean World," and
"Tho World Before the Deluge."- After
theas, ono would expect to find him
writing 81 World Without End" His last
book, 1.-THE Human Race" published
and has been well styled a sensational trea-
tise." It is hasty, inaccurate, and superficial,
and, although it undoubtedly contains a large
amount OF information, this, in its present
shape, ia hopelessly obscurcd Il the book could
be revised go as to throw Figuier out, and leave
tho facts in. it would be useful compendium Of
chronological science.
(W. 3. Keen & Cooke, Chicago.)
, 1872-12-21

s people, aot g @n9 30 eSs si
or voting army. The erarts now and over made,
By priests and monarchists. to represa education,
is TO them a struggle for life. The great and in
the Republicans, is, that laws should be speedily
passed making
EDUCATION aEATUrroUs, OBLIGATORY, AND 1A1o.
The priests, at present, direct the institu-
tions Of learning. There are many Israolites
and many Protestants in France, and, under the
existing regime, they must al come under the
influence Of, and pursue the course Of study
marked out by, the Catholic Church, or forego
the advantages offered by the scholastic insti-
hons.
fare, al political liberty, the very lfe-principle
OF Republic, is free and broad education, de-
velopment, and culture, and upon that ground
tho great battle is now being waged. Yours
truly. II. l..
, 1872-12-21

The Rev. DR.. Harman. Professor Of Ancient
Languages md Literature in Dickinson College,
Carlisle, Pa, in "a Journey to Egypt and Tho
Holy Lind" edda another to the numerous
descriptions OF this well-travellea route. Peo-
pie who arc forever burdcning tile press with
these things never eccm to remember that what
is go ne;y to them has been made ns familiar as
ott-told tales can mako anything, to tho public.
Still DR.. Harman hes discovered that Cana OF
Galilee is situated five miles northeast Of
Nazareth, dnot, as Dr.. Robinson putsit, eleven
miles north Of Nazareth. Eo also measured tho
Pynx and Bona at Athens, and corrected the cr-
1ors concerning them in Smiths Dictionaries.
For these precious additions to our archaeological
and geographical serenity OF mind, wo eau al
most forgive him for his book, which is written
in style as rough as D. corduroy road.
CHadley Bros, Chicago.)
, 1872-12-21

Some honest, but stupid, people are declaim-
ing very loudly nowadays against What they call
eoo u ay al beso ed
ems should know that it is possible to study the
sciences, aud yet study the classics. More sur
prisng yet, it is possible to study the classlcs
without studying tho dead Languages. That
classical pursuits hevo, even in our best colleges
consisted too much of sYntactica and grammatical
drudgery, is no doubt true. But pedagogues
and scientists must both remember that, under
the antiuuated dress and digused tongue Of Hor-
ace or Plato lie beauties as eternal as the human
or the l4atin that We 30 much delight in; it il
the Homer, the Virgil, that they bring us.
We seek not the grammar, but the poetry. These
remarks have been suggested by Mr. Ghrls-
into English blank verse OF the ''Eneid :"
OF Virgil, which Osgood d Co., Boston, have
jne: published. Mr. Emerson yields his assent
to the royal road to ancient treasures through
modern translationB; and Mr.. Cranch makes it
possible for thousands to Learn to love hepoetry
Of Virgil who would never hnye had the time or
the wish to parse his sentences: Vigil has
been often translated but, for evident reasons.
this is the best version which has yet appeared
in Engliel. Dryden's translation is the moat
| famous. When it was begun, all England, Or.
johnson tells us, felt its honor involved in the
issue, and noble Lords We'd With one another in
offering him aid. But, excellens es is
ths assy "'1n narred Dyosf By 'a tSe es
and CONCESSIONS With which, rhyme must
always be propltiated. The last version, by
Professor Gonington, though Of great beauty
and merit, suffers from tho Same tyranny;
There have been other translations IN rhyme aud
Hank verse. by DR.. Irapp The Earl Of Surrey,
.nvInxs phaor in 1858, and Thomas Swine, but
ttese belong tc the biblopole, not to the stu
dent. 4 translation Of Virgil into blank verse
is now being mada in England BY G. r. Rick
ards. As it is not yet con,plste; We cannot COM
pare Mr, Ccpnch'a work with Mr. Rlcks'us; but
We eau coin:nend it on its own merits hs bei9.,g
wo.1 which poseeesas =: least three OF the ele-
r .1s Of good translation. It is faithful to the
original, elegant and correct in tts English, and
shows the fno TOUCH Of poet, who alone could
transfer the poetry Of Virgil from one yeh1cso to
anchor, AID yet preserve it intact.
(Jansen, McOlurg j. Co., Chicago.)
, 1872-12-21

Household pets would scarcely form an int1is-
penssble accessoryto the encourage OF fashion
able lady ont of France, but here they are de
,igear OF all the caprice Of fashionable life,
this is to me the most incomprehensible, for ii
entails world Of trouble and annoyance. Amer
lean women, as general thing, do not indulge
in it, and they show their consideration for their
friends by abstaining from it. Nothing can be
mania is pushed by the Partisan 1adies. In
walking the broad and ariptocratic avenues
one frequently sees the large doors Of some
handsome hotel suddenly thrown open by li7-
cried 1unEey, to permit the exit Of come neatly
attired Clarigse or Fanchette, with half dozen
colors. In fashionable carriages tho front seat
is USUALLY given up to those troublesome pets !;
nice warm fur is placed for their benefit, and
the horses are made to paca quietly that their
lady few days since, unable to tie an exquisite
" embroidered blanket on the back Of her re-
calcitrant pug, call in the help Of the pass
ers-by, her efforts and those of her
footnan being 9 completely 5; paEEalyzetd pr ID
encountor ef the sharp % teeth Of s TIC little dnrng,
who snapped and snarled, tearing at the laces
and eatins Of his doating mistress, until poor
1aborer reeolutely took hold Of him by the nape
Of the neck, md with his large and anything but
though quite crowd had collected, not emilio
was to be Boen on any Of the faces OF the bystand
ers, and murmurs Of satisfaction even greeted
this successful operation. It is unaccountable to
me how fashionable women, who naturally dig
like trouble, can burden themselves with such
nuisances, but far more incomprehensib1e is
the now class OF pets which they have adopted
to eolnce their idle hours, NAMELY, monkeys!
Every afternoon, walking gostentatiously along the
Avenue des Acacias, may be seen . nuddle-aged
lady, attired in the latest style, followed by two
footmen and huge monky. Jocko appears to
be in excellent condition, and is left unclaimed,
although silver band around his body shows
that correction is occasionally neeessasy. He
surroundings, and makes tho most admirable
faces at the pasEcr8-b by.
, 1872-12-21

good story is told about Coleridge and his
essay at reporting the debates for tie London
Morning Post. One day, Pitt being expected to
Westminster to report it. In order to get good
place, he went early in tho day and took up his
position but the fatigue Of waiting several
hours, with perhaps no refreshment meanwhile,
was ,s too much for the young poet, who
which la never emerged that night.
ualr slcening and half waking, Coleridgo fol
lowed Pitt IS best he could hna from his uotlss
memory, and rnas;ooation, he concoeted bill
Liant speech which duly srn sreneared: On the t9l- e
paper to inquire the name Of the gentlen:sp 'sho
had reported Mr. Pitts speech. 10 Coleridge's
ehagsin, this information Was refused to Cam
ing, who expressed his opinion that the report
Of tie speech did moro credit to the imagination
hen to the memory Of the reporter. Failing as
areportor, Co!eridge began to write political and
literary articles,
, 1872-12-21

Fa1conry wns sport in which the ladies'
loved to share; the noble bird WIS decked with
the greatest care, and golden TELLS hung to its
feet. Large amounts Of money we're paid for q
frst-rato falcon, and our romantic King, Richard
Cnur do Lion, had nearly forfeited the price OF
his life to secure one. He was On his way to the
Crusade in Palestine, when, tempted by the
beauties of Naples, he fingered there, and while
waiting for the French fleet arriving IN Sicily,
took . horse, accompanied by one Knight, and
rode to salerno, to SEQ the famous cathedral
built by his Norman relatives, and to learn
something Of the accomplishments that were
taught in that city, then . centre OF poetry,
rhetoric, and natural philosophy; Careless
Of roads, he passed through Calabria, where
the mountain torrents we're swelled by rain,
bis gnl1eys following along tho shore. Here
be heard that in q certain village man had
+ I'D u is7s S pf tEat rs, uo,:s but Noble vas
allowed to kepp, Richard, careless Of con
sequences, went inte the hnt, and seized the
Valued possession the detraadsd peasant ran
after him, demanding its restoration, but IL
vain the village Was goused. and tho proud
, 1872-12-21

John Evans, the well-known antiquary, makes
a most important addition to our knowledge Of
q The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and
Ornaments Of Great Britain !" published by Ap~
pleton d Co., New York. It treats OF the Stone
Age Of Great Britain, when our fathers dwclt in
lake-dwellings and caves. and used imple-
mentg OF flint md such hard materials
as came most readily to their hands.
N1r. Evans does not confne himself to his title,
but discusses European and American archnolo-
gy, though not SO fully as that OF Great Britain.
There are in the work at least 1000 engravings,
most carefully executed; it contains 656 pages,
and is admirably indoxed.
('Y. 3. Koen, Cooke & Co., chicago.)
, 1872-12-21
German Use OF xyol in 5p4zzii-Gc.>

L good deal Of intereat las Been excited
tho publiehed success Of 1yol-dimctLyl he1s
col, one IF the many products Of the distileiis
nf coal tar-as a remedy for smallpox, for
which it has been applied for considerable
time, in Berlin, by Dr. 1eulzer- The e1peri-
ments are stated to have proved very satisfac-
tory, and its in one Of the principal hospitals
OF Berlin is becoming very extended. Tie dose
OF this substance for adult il from ten to If
teen drops, and from thres to Eve for children,
every few hours. No injurious eject Las hith-
erto been noted, oven when given in consider
cbly greater quantity. It is applied from the
earliest period OF the disease till the complete
drying up Of the pustules. Tho best method o.
administering the 1yol is in capsules which "
now furnished containing three, eight, and
twelve drops, though it can be given drop By
drop In wine Or water.
, 1872-12-21
ECecIacr.

J. B. Ford & Co. publish new edition Of
Henry Ward Beechers "Lectures to Young
Men," in which are given three not heretofore
printed: son Profane Swearing" "yulgarity," :"
and "Happiness." These lectures are lr.
Beecher's eldest-born book. They vcro written,
he tells US in his prcfacn. in Indianapolis, in the
t'ittle ten-foot room which served at onco as
parlor, study, and bedrooms" and we're deliv-
cred to crowded audiences, es,-something '|thct
did not often happen during my Western life"
Sixty thousand copies Of the book have been
sold since its first appearance md its popularity
will be greatly increased By tho additions Mr.
Beecher has mado.
(JanReu, AlcClurg g. Co., Chicago)
, 1872-12-21
Radiant ETZ3t.

None of Professor Tyndall's researches have
bccp more important than his studies Of - No.
lecu,&r Physics in the Domain Of Radiant Heat,
which we're i:.at published in tho Philosophical
Magazine, and are Row given in an octave OF 446
pages By Appleton & c5.. :::az York. The vol
u15s consists Of ten articles, or!" Memoirs, each
Of which is preceded BY an snelysis Of its
contents, which shows at a glance the
nature OF tho subject and treatment.
IA Professor E5udall is well known to
American readers. eud tie present work
, 1872-12-21

Calabriens attacked tho King With sticks and
stones, One drew 4 long knife, and, in defend
ing himself, the sword in Richards hand broke,
go that, apurring his horse. he vas obliged to
tako refuge in flight, aud, had not 4 priory been
adventurous monarch would probably have
ended in that disgraceful Observation-Disclosures
.7ou77ul
, 1872-12-21

ment by Ester Lauriat Of Boston, OF DR.. Schel-
lens celebrated WORK on the science Of Spec
trum Analysis. DR.. schcllen is weli-lznown for
his excelleut manual Of the telegraph, and, es
soon as his work on the Spectrum appeared in
German, it WAS translated into English under tho
care Of one Of Enslands ablcst spectroscopic
astronomers, lIr. Higgins. The unabridged
work is too large and expensiy for general use
for which the present excellent condensation is
admirably fitted
(Jausen, McClurg l. Co., Chicago.)
, 1872-12-21

The death OF Sylvester Cheuvin, the third
oldest citizen Of st. Louis, is announced.
Mr.. Cauchon. having RESIGNED from thu
Quebec Legislature to sa7e expulsion (ha hal
dabbled in Government contracts and made 81.
1850, is to be prosecuted for Illegally sitting j
the Assembly. The tine, If imposed, is $50
dAY,
, 1872-12-21

Richard 4. Proctor, the Well-known English
writer on astronomical subjects, has written 8
serieB of familiar essays on the moon and plan
cts, naeteors and comets, the aun and colored
IN this country By scribner, Wexford t. Arm
strong, of New York, under the title, 1.-THE
Orbs Around Us"
(Hadley Brothers, Chicago.)
, 1872-12-21

battle. Ihe officers end men stood their ground
outnumbered BY tie Indians, who had also IN
advantage in ground. While the battle was
going on with the troops, Apologize and Brown.
with the settlers on the opposite side Of the
river, we're pot idle. While the parley wss going
away from the Indians On their eide, but when
the firing began the battle opened here too.
Three or four Indians we're killed on this sldo OF
the river, and one citizen-John Ihurber, q
settler who had joined the party. Major jack
sons command suffered quito severely, one SOL
dicr being killed and four wounded, two Of them
mortally:
Seeing that the Indians we're too strong to be
dislodged or subdued with the force ct his COM
tnnnd, Major Jackson Withdrew the troops to the
other eide of the river, to care for his wounded.
It is not known how many Indians were wiped
ont by the troope, but probably not more than
three or four The Indians who had been fight
river, aud Joined their band under Captain Jack,
and, as Major Jackson had already crossed to
join Brown and Applegate, tho two forces eyed
each other from the opposite banks all night
long. So far the Indians had tho best OF it, but
toward morning, Of the 20th, they deserted
their camp, leaving their women and children at
the mercy of tho uilitary, who at once crossed
over and took them prisoners: The Indians lied
down the eastern shore Of IuIe or Khett Lake,
but it vas not supposed then that they intend
ed war against the defenceless settlers IN that
section.
After tho battle was over, Captain Jackson
sent messenger to Ln7zyillo, Whero Oaenea1
vas waiting, with the usual flaming military. re-
port. He said that eighteen indians we're killed,
Including Captain jack, Scar-faced Charley, and
others, and that the rest Of the band had
scattered in every direction. He had
captured tie women and children, and he be-
heyed that an danger OF further troable was
over, Relying upon the truth OF this report,
and believing that ali trouble was Ut an end. tho
Superintendent started for Jacksonville. Thrco
hours after his arrival there. AIr. Cohn, tho
Land Officer, 1t Link kvi1le, arrived at the Ash-
land WITH the: alarming intelligence that after
the battle tho 1ndiaas Aad begun tue butehery
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this she closed repeating II fainter and fainter as
she sat down. until 1t sounded like echoes dying,
dying, dying
Elizabeth Comstock commented briefly upon
what the colored woman had said, and prayer
was then offered ''at the foot OF the throne OF
gracen by Deborah L. Thomas, who has strong,
clear voice, and wrested with the God of Jacob
most manfully. Two or three applications follow
ing closed the services which had lasted nearly four
hours.
BUSINESS OF THE CONFERENCES.
The business was resumed separately in the az
ternoon, Mt halfpast three O'Clock, by the two
bodies. The examination into the condition OF the
Church was continued, and cheerful reports were
received from the subordinate conferences. The
sessions were short, because OF the length Of the
morning services.
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YACHTING NOTES.

Arrangements arc being made to hold regatta
at Frank Bates' South Brooklyn, for soop yachts Of
twenty-five feet and under Handsome prizes will
be offered, and the race will be open to all sloop
yachts. Frank Bates is acting as Secretary for the
Regatta Committee and will furnish all necessary
information. The course Is to be ten miles to
windward and return.
number OF yaclNsmen met yesterday afternoon
at Ketchum's on the South Cove, Jersey City, to
witness a scrub yacht race that was advertised to
take place. The weather was so unpropitous
that the judges decided to postpone the regatta
uro,ners prn,an ana p,aeon ~ Inc Wnn, inre c
George Topf OF the Jersey City Club, and Jakey OF
the Oceanic Yacht Club, were on the spot; but they
returned home when they found the regatta was
postponed.
The Harlem Yacht Club held meeting last even
ing ut their club house, on the East River, and
altered the day OF their regetta from Saturday June
90 to Thursday June %.