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Year: 1867

Welcome sweet day Of rest :" no
books to post, no orders to I'll, no projects
to think over, no politics to discuss ;
none of the thousand wearyiDg, anxious,
temper trying, heart worrying cares of
the every day world to-day. They are
all cast off with yesterdays coat to be
resumed tomorrow, but resumed after
one day OF quietude and tranquility.
How sweet comes the peace of this Sab
bath morning after the agitatiOns and
tolls of the week Balmy as odors Of
orient spice groves gentle as the breath
Of sleeping infancy; soft as the dying
winds of evening pure as the incense
that rises before the throne of God comes
the calm of this holy morning No
busy tolls at desk or counter, or in busy
thoroughfares, and noisy shops and on
toilsOme wharves tO.day-it is the day
Of home. Home hushed and quiet /;
home peaceful and full of comfort. To-
day the father is at home and the mother,
her brow free from weekday cares, sits
beside him, and memories of Sundays in
the by-gone time, when shy love made
the day of repOse q time of joy come
back. Father is at home, and the little
ones hang at his knees telling their joys
and troubles OF the past week, and re-
joicing that for a whole day pa will be
their company, and lavish upon them,
uninterrnptedly, his loving words and
smiles. Pure, sweet, holy, is the day Of
rest in the family-but it all too brief;
transient as the outline Of the silvery va
pOT that floats on the summer sky, for
the rush and turmoil of the troubled and
troubling world will come back toner
row! Let not that thought mar the
gentle joy Of this day, for there is a home
whose peace is never interrupted, whose
Joy is never broken, whose Tepose breads
no tomorrow, and part Of the privilege
and happiness Of to-day is to secure a
place in that family whose circle is uni
ted home forever and forever.
Year: 1867

themselves In q side chapel, close to
where he always knelt, and watched
him when he came in. Devoutly kneel-
ing, with his hands clasped, his eyes
fastened on the tabernacle, he did noth-
ing but repeat over and over again,
believe in God; l hope for God; l love
God.n One day he was missingj they
vent to his cell, and found him dead on
the straw, with his hands joined, and an
expression of the same inedable peace
and JOY they had remarked on his face
when in church. They buried him in
this quiet cemetery, and the abbot caused
these words to be craven on his cross.
Soon lily was seen Towering by the
grave, where no one had sOWn IL; the
grave was opened, and the root Of the
flower was found in the heart of the or
phan boy. ."e tH- tHf
Year: 1867

CITY WATER WoRKs.-The work of put
ting down 6 inch water pipe along the line
of Main street, is completed as far as Third
street Parties desiring to use the water
can have service pipe put down on applica-
ton to the Company. We notice that quite
number of the leading merchants are hav-
inI the water introduced into their premises,
as precaution against fire. Orders for serr
vice pipe can now be filled, and We trust that
property holders on Main street viii prompt
IL avail themselves Of this great convenience.
Year: 1867

DEATE TO FLEAs.-lt is well known that Lyons
genuine Magnetic Powder will rerioctly destroy eve
Tything n the shape of feas, ticks bugs roach


c.s that it perfect poison to the insect tribe but
entirely harmless to the human species and domestic
animals The genuine has the signature of Z. Lyon
and the private stamp OF Demas Barnes Il Co. Any
thing else of this kind is imitation or counter.
let. Any druggist will procure the gonuine if you
insist You Will have no otLor
Year: 1867

deal. None Of the others would pay her
what she thought she should have for them
On one occasion, calling al the store, and
finding the proprietor not at home, she
inquired where he was, and sent her car
riage and driver after him across the
bridge into the north division.


In February last she brought some dress
es to pawn, and, not agreeing upon the
sum she should get for them, she drove off,
saying she should never come again. She
kept her word, and the pawnbroker heard
no more of her until the late announee-
ment in New York paper of her more
extended and more brilliant financial
operations in the same line.
Year: 1867

Can CONSUMPTION m CUhTD?-This is one of
the most momentous questions Of the day, and
by most persons not easily answered. Every
invalid is more or less interested in its solution,
and 20 that end we advise perusal Of DR..
Hunters letter on Consumption which we pub
lish elsewhere. We have read all the letters
which have emanated from him very attentive
IS. and have found in them much that is novel
in relation 20 pulmonary diseases Being fully
impressed with the force Of many Of his propo-
sitions. and the nationality of his treatment,
We deeui it our duty 10 direct attention to the
subject IL only the remotest probability Of
relief to suffering humanity presented itself. or
the progress Of these insidious diseases could be
but temporarily checked, DR.. Hunter should be
considered public benefactor; bat when they
offer a reasonable hope of cure, the subject de-
serves 10 be considered with care and attention.
Year: 1867

MOST NOBLE GRAND, AND BRETHREN OF


OUR ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ORDER.


Nothing can be more fitting and ap-
propriate than the observance of this
day by our distinguished Order. The
anniversary of a Nations birth, when
one has been so highly successful as
ours in its career of glory, is joyful
is happy day. A great and intelligent
people meet to-day in every part of his
broad Republic. Both old and young,
men aud boys, women and girls, to thank
God that we have and enjoy in increased
glory, magnitude and beauty, the great
Republic of the United States of Amer.
lea, and the institutions Of our fathers.
"Grim yisaged war;" which has for a
few past years deluged our otherwise
fair land in fraternal blood, "has smooth
ed his wrinkled 'front.'" and the palm of
peace waves in every patriots hand, and
love of country inspires every honorable
breast 1t has never been the practice
of our Order, heretofore, to observe
openly the festivals and anniversaries of
countries we may chance to inhabit, or
as body to participate in public affairs


but by permission of our spperiors, now
10 Grand Convocation, and in consider
tion of the great civil war from which
We have so recently emerged, we are al
lowed to unite as society, and COM
memorate the anniversary of this ever
glorious day We are at this time, in
so doing, giving to the world, by our
open, unmistakable acts, evidence that
in addition to our sanitary and benevo-
lent qualities, we are also band of pa
triots, and ardent lovers of our common
country. Our affections, that have been
SO often warmed up towards our fellow
men, are as easily awakened and as
cheerfully exhibited toward our country.
If there is any secret order on the face
Of this earth that has right to be open
ly seen, and command honor aud es-
teen, it is that We this day represent
An institution as venerable as time
itself, is like the whitened headed old
man eotltled to respect, to 1t all ages
and climes have bowed in cheerful sub


mission. The antiquity of our Order is
coeval with man; and Immediately after
the deluge, the Almighty pronounced a
lasting curse, which has been ever since
without abatement, nations sorrow
and a nations woe-for a violation Of
one of the virtues and cardinal pfin-
ciples of the institution we this day
represent. We kaow that We had an
existence, when in the solitude of the
great creation, God said "let US make
mao." We know that in the inter-
vening space of time amid busy peo-
pie, between the worlds creation, and
Year: 1867

All within and all without me
Feel a melancholy thrill.
And the darkness hangs about me


o, how still
To my feet the river glideth,
Through the shallow, sullen dark
On the stream the white moon rideth


Like bark
And the Linden leans above me,
Till think some things there be
In this weary world that love me


Even me!
Gentle buds are blooming near me,
Shedding sweetest breath around;
Countless voices rise to cheer me


From the ground.
And the lone bird comes hear 1t,
In the tall and windy pine,
Pour the sadness of its spirit


Into mine;
There it swings and sings above me,
Till think some things there be
In this dreary world that love me


Even me!
Now the moon hath foated to me;
On the stream l see it sway,
Swinging boat-like as 'twould WOO me


Far away.
And the stars bend from the azure
could reach them where lie
There they lie and smile above me,
Till l think some things there be
In the very heavens that love me


Even me!
Now, when comes the tide of even,
Like solemn river slow,
Gentle eyes akin to heaven,


On me glow;
Loving eyes that tell their story.
Speaking to my heart of hearts;
But sigh-a thing of glory


Soon departs.
Yet when Mary scars above me,
must think that there will be
One more star in heaven to love me-
Even me!
Year: 1867

Too much praise cannot be given to the
noble response with which the Washington
Library Company of Philadelphia are meet
ing in their patriotic endeavors to raise the
required funds for the endowment of the
Riverside Institute, home for the gratuitous
education of soldiers ssand sailors orphans.
The plan adopted by the company has been
subject to careful deliberation, and has re-
ceived the endorsement of eminent legal
authority. The trustees selected to disburse
the money thus raised are well-known citi
zens of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and
their names should be sufficient guarantee
to those who would aid in rearing one of the
noblest charities that ever thrust itself be-
fore the people. Every subscriber to the
stock, which costs but one dollar per share,
not only receives fine steel plate engrav
ing, worth at retail fifty per cent. more than
what is paid tor the stock, but is also guar
anteed some present in the great distribution
of the 100000 worth of presents which are
to be awarded to the stockholders. The
three largest presents are worth $4,000.
Each shareholder has an equal chance to
obtain one of the largest presents. Every
one will obtain some present and a beautiful
engraving. Read advertisement.
Year: 1867

and out OF order. He had great respect for
tue Speaker, and believed he was one of tho
most impartial presiding cffcers the House


had ever had, and If he offended he wanted
1t to go on the record Tic otker statement
that he had control of the testimony. shows
on the part of the gentleman from MassacLu.
setts eI disregard of all decencv and all law.
me gentleman knows that he TNIr Binghani1
was not the official recorder OF the Court
lie knew that the Judge Advocate General
OF the United States was sitting at the trial
daily as the recorder, that he had the control
OF all the testimony. lie TBiugham1 could
not therefore be accused of being the organ
OF the Court. If the gentleman excepted to
the argument lie III lghanl made at the
trial, and every word OF which he had writ
ten himself, let him Butlcr7 read that ar
gument and point to line or word where
any part Of the case was dealt with uniustly.


In the war he was making upon him TNIr.
Binghaml the gentleman had task bevond
his powers, and he will show in this as ho
did In other positions, that lie is not ccnal
10 the emergency or up to the high and man.
lfest standard required for success. The plan
to kidnap President Lincoln was all nut in
testimony before the military commission, aud
the gentleman says. poor Mrs Surratt. she
might have known of the attempt to kidnap
and yet might have been innocent of any at
tempt or knowledge of the assassination. lie
had not forgotten the Pagan theory TO say no.
thing bad Of the dead and he would therefore
not say one word upon that subject; but
whether the gentleman brought his false
charges of corruption and malfce, he recs~-
nizcd at last that Justice to all must bc
OF conduct of which all attacks ure to
judged, official and unofficial In con
sion Mr. bingham again dcniad having


held any testimony on tie trial referred
1t was painful for him to utter any svI
word, and he would repeat what Ire said
the other day, that he never said n hal.
word of mortal man, except when drive
to it by an unjustifable assault.


Mr. Butler asked the privilege Of rcplyI
but objection was made on all sides.


Mr.. Ward, of NJ Y. said in view Of
had taken place he asked leave to intro
resolutions declaring that it had been 'as.c
in speech at Boston by an cx- Cabinet Niin-
lister, that Mrs. Surralt Lad been uniustifablv
hung, and that the same having been
upon the floor Of the House, comm
should he appointed to investigate the nnttS,-,


Mr. Stevens, Of Pa. objected This con,
trovcrsy should not continue any longer. and
it was one that should never have Lecn
brOu1 ht into the House
Year: 1867

CUR1oUs ExPERIMEN7.-Take wine
glass, fill it with wine-see that you fill it
drop by drop, with as much wine as it will
hold, without running over. Then drop into
the wine as many pins as the glas can cou-
taini and the wine will not run over. Take
fresh wine glass of similar size, uour the
wine from the first glass into it, and YOU will
have glass full of wine and glass full of
Year: 1867

If WIN. F. LEACH will consent to be
a candidate for Clerk o, the Circuit Court.
he will receive a general support from the
people of the county and liberal vote in


Leonard Town District.
May 2nd, 1867.
Year: 1867

Comfort aud christianity are more
nearly connected than most people i'm.
agine. An eminent divine says that in
all his experioncO ho never knew a man
TO be converted while he had tight boots
on,
Year: 1867

A lady was short time since
working in her flower garden at
Ravenna, Ohio, when an owl sud
denly darted down on her head,
inserted its claws into her scalp,
and caused the blood to flow free
ly over her person. The lady be-
ing badly frightened, screamed, and
her son running to her assistance,
found her struggling to detach the
claws from her head, which she
finally succeeded in doing.
Year: 1867

RENoVATING Worn Our LAND.
AT recent agricultural meet
ing in Boston, one of the speakers
remarked that con a tract of land
which was overrun with woodbox,
briars, and other shrubs, he
turned one hundred and fifty
sheep. At that time a cow could
not have lived on the whole tract.
The sheep were kept there several
years, and so killed out the wild
growth, that the tract now affords
good pasture for fifteen cows"
Year: 1867

A colored girl in Baltimore a
few days since climbed over a back
shed into the third story Of house,
and taking two-year old child
from its crib, cut it badly with a
knife, and then threw it from the
window to the pavement below.
Fortunately the child was saved
from instant death by falling on
the shoulder of acolored man pass
ing. The reason she gives for
this brutal act was that she enter
tanned ill-feeling towards the child's
mother.
Year: 1867

"Never use a lady's name in an
impro2sy place, at san improper
time,' or ifr mixed company
Never make assertions about her
that you think untrue, or illusions
that you feel she herself would
blush to hear.


We find this and a lot more of
the same sort in the papers under
the head can Item which every
Man should Read" We copy for
the purpose of remarking that a
gentleman does not need such in
structions, and they will do a
blackguard no good.
Year: 1867

How TO KEEP HAMS THROUGH
SUMMER.-After your hams have
taken salt, hang them up and
smoke them well, then take them
down and dip them into boiling
water for a few seconds; that will
kill all the eggs of insects, if there
should be any on them, then roll
them in dry ashes while wet and
hang them up again; smoke them
more, if you choose. This will
do also for shoulders and sides;
all those that do their bacon in
this way will never have any bugs
or shippers on their meat.
Year: 1867

It is said that since the late
overflow in that region, the engi-
neers on the Opelousas La rail-
road have frequently to blow the
whistle to clear the track of alli-
gators, as the track is the only
thing above water for them to
rest on for many miles beyond
Tigerville. The train has run over
several alligators since the water
went down.
Year: 1867

became bitter against the colored


man. They said there are ten


million of us whites, while there


are only five millions of these


blacks. why should we bear


with them longer? They seek
now to repress us. They are our
enemies. We will put such bur-
dens upon them that they will
be driven out or blotted out as a
people. We no longer need their
labor. We can hire men from
Asia. We can get these men who
will work harder, and be glad to
get for years work what we now
pay to a black man for working
one month.


Then / saw millions of people
brought with exceeding swiftness
from Asia and they filled up the
whole Southern country, and they
were everywhere preferred to col
ored men, and they settled in the
land. Then hard laws were made
against blacks and they became
outcasts and vagabonds.


Then the angel brought me
back to my own place and said, !
''They that seek strife and bitter
ness shall perish thereby" and ]
wept much for the calamity of my
people. A remnant may be saved
if they. seek peace with all men,
and labor as God has appointed
them.
. LOUIS SAxToN De COSTA.
Year: 1867

The sherry wine merchants of


Cadiz told our Consul that "the
stuff sent to the United States
was not sherry at all, but slops
used to wash out the tubs and for
other dirty work about the stills.''
Year: 1867

The Kings English was very bad. In
l744 writing to Lord North about the
American war, he declared that " Gen.
Cages language was very censonanat TO
his character Of an honest determined
man." and he regarded speech in
the court Of the Kings Bench on We'd
nesday last a reason for to 60 as far as
possible to expel him" III.


The following, deprecating diction to
France until America should become
settled, 10 quoted by the Times as Gu
rious instance of the irony Of fate


"You may think me prolix, but i is
from not desiring that the heat OF boy
may throw me so much off my guard as
TO draw this country into another addi-
tional of fifty millions to the. national
debt we must get the colonies into order
before we engage with our neighbors.


1t is remarkable, however, that even
before France and Spain had committed
themselves to the contest, the King con-
templated an unfortunate issue, though
his obstiuacy forbade him to think OF
independence


"a triAe may any hour cause war to
break out, and though the French Minis
tiers wish to avoid it, yet they will not
leave off their dealings with rebels, by
which they every day may be drawn into
what they do not desire while nothing
short of independency will be accepted.
/ do not think there is man either bold
enough or mad enough to presume to
treat for the mother country on such
basis. Perhaps the time may come
when it will be wise to abandon all North
America but Canada, Nova Scotia and
the Floridas; but then the generality Of
the nation must see it first in that light


The East India regulation act of Lord
North was complimented by the King,
in his slipshod way, as the first perfect
attempt of redressing the dreadful evils
that the rapacity of individuals has oc-
casioned." OF Lord Chatham he wrote
in this fashion, When decrepitude or
death puts an end to him as trumpet Of
sedition, / shall make no difficulty in
making up the pension of $4,000 lfor his
family


The Times remarks that these letters
suggest contrast between the manner
in which the duties of royalty were per-
formed by George III and by her present
Majesty. The times, no doubt, have very
much changed; and no sovereign of
England would probably venture, like
George III, to interfere directly with the
legislature and the whole course of gov
ernment.
Year: 1867

the place Of Mr.. Davis. II is not too
much to say that had he remained loyal
to his country, and been elevated TO the
command Of our armies when the war
began, he would have quickly crushed
the rebellion. With his grasp Of mind,
and his iron will, he would have so
welded the great resources Of the North
and West, that the rebellion would have
been crushed in q year from its birth.


And this was the man our authorities at
Washington supposed would not or
could not, attack the capital after it had
been stripped Of its proper garrison.
Let the truth be told Davis was not the
man to let such blunder go unnotieed.
Year: 1867

George Alfred Towushend sketches
Gen. Sheridan in the New York Tri-
oune, thus:


- He was the most perfect embodi-
ment Of the professional cavaIryman
shat ever appeared on our continent.
His two grand qualities were light
ming perception and lightning action.
When he came eastward from his
Western campaign he mastered the
topography Of the country so rapidly
that it seemed he had climbed to
some lookout and examined it all at
a glance. His history in the East
comprehended all together one year
five days, and he sent an average of
two captured battle flags every three
days during all that time to the cen
tral government. In the same period
he sent a captur feld-piece
every two days and his flags united
were equal to all the other armies Of
the Union. He had instinct and
wriggle" in a wonderful degree, but
it was always wriggle forward. He
adapted himself to changed conditions
with bon hommie that was ludicrous,
if lightning can be ludicrous, and still
his decision was almost ferceness.


In camp or field Sheridan was a
rough soldier in his amenities when
he wanted a house in Winchester he
took it; if he liked to lie down on
the sidewalk he did so; he had moth.
ing to do with rebels, no meat to eat
with them, no hopes to exchange, and
no threats to make If he burned a
mill he burned it without words or
tears, there was not one civilian trait
about him, no ampli6cation if he
quarrelled with pretentiousness OIL
deceit he did it in a bombshelI way
and was unappeasable afterwards
A man said to me in Winchester, 81
looked at him first and didn't like his
looks, and | spoke to him and fell
troubled. He was more like our mer
than any Yankee general | had seen
| was sorry from the first they SEN
him here" Sherman and Sheridan
are men OF parallel resemblance
combative, idiosyncratic, sleepless
original, decided; Sherman is thin
skinned, nervous, with all the power.
and defects Of genius. A man OF
more arching intellect than Sheridan
out without the latter's wriggle an'
adaptability. The one is a geograph
ical poet, whose march TO the sea wa
ike the swing of a great rhyme; th
other a Oorn rider who likes as mucl
music as the jingle of his spurs.
Year: 1867

TERRIBLE SCAFFOLD SCENE.-A hor-
rible scaffold scene occurred in the
prison yard of Janer, Selescia. A
young woman, not of the lowest class
of population, was to be beheaded for
gratifying her jealousy of former
lover, by ali act that had led to the
death OF several persons. The faith
less man had deserted her and mar
ried another girl The deserted mis-
tress to revenge herself set fire to his
house and several persons perished in
the flames. She was arrested, con-
victed and sentenced to suffer death.
On the scaffold, just at the moment
when the executioner barred her neck
and was about to fasten her to the
fatal block she broke loose, seized the
axe that was to cut off her head, and
defed the dumfounded officer to take
her. They rushed upon her, showered
blows upon her head, and finally after
she had slightly wounded some of
them in the scuffle she was knocked
down and handcufed. She uttered
wild, terrible screams all the while
and the executioner and his men
tried to dispatch her as quickly as
possible. They tore her dress from
her shoulders, tied her feet and drag
ged her to the block. Although she
still screamed, and resisted to the best
Of her power, the leather strap on the
block by which the head is drawn for
ward, was soon slipped over it and
the executioner seized the axe. I'm
fortunately the dreadful scene had
made him quite nervous, and, on strik-
ing her he missed her neck, and cut
deeply into her shoulder and back
The blood rushed from the fearful
wound, and the screams of the unfor-
tunate woman grew heart rending be-
yond description. A second blow,
dealt her few seconds afterwards,
finally put a stop to her suffering.