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Auctioneering.rr ¦e. 1.1 a m BRomi
HAS removed from Uniontnwn Districtto Westminster, and, in cnnbei tiOn with Mr.CoaXEUM Mathias has opened n lic-tmi-rant at the Depot. He wishes. however, to
assure his friends that he will still attend to
the Auctioneering Business,and willprompt-ly meet all favors in tills line,
jan 4-3 m
Come A Rnmiiiiji.
HAVING permanently located nt NewWindsor, and having taken out Licence
m an
Audio n c c r,the undersigned respectfully solicits the pa-tronage ofthe public.
jan!B-6m WILLIAMDELPHY.
HUGH DOYLE,Fashionable bo<t a shoemaker,
WESTMINSTIa, Mn.,TTAS constantly on hand’an c\ j..
f'Aeellcnl assortniciit of tin- fin.- #llFrench Calfskins, and work made up IW.in the best manner at the : liortc I notice.Pegged and Sewed work equal to any in IInscity of Baltimore, Patronage rc-pi" tfullysolicited, jau2s tin
REAL 'ESTATEami Collecting Afirncj.
1.r,V1 EVANS, \Vi, mixsTKii. Mn..
Offirr nt Mik-trWe „r< . /.*!
9 A. M t 3 P M,
SAVING made arrangements ft.r tinprosecution ofthe business of buying
lulling Real Estate, offi ito the citizens of Carroll county who maywish any business transacted iu bis line.A large amount of Real Estate always onhand. Parsons having pruj . rly I¦¦ dope •of will find him the best medium for i'- - de.Also, all collections promptly attend' d t".
4ec7-If.
A VERY DESIRABLE FARM AT
Private Sale.THK Subscriber will soil at Private Sain,
a Valuable Farm of
1231-4 ACRES,situated one miln ami u hall from West nun-¦ter. the Turnpike*running through the farm.The land ifunder excellent culti'•lion. Thebuildings are good, and in the best of onh*r.
Possession given nt once. Turin* liberal.
ALOO.FIVE ELIGIBLE BUILDING LOTS,on Green Struct, in rear of Odd Fellow.Hall. in the City of Westminster, Md.
Apply to LEVIEVANS,Real Estate Agent and Collpctcu ,
Wi r, JI I,
decSltf
Farm at Private Side.T* will sell at Private Sole n good littleI Farm of 90 4CHK*. situated on the
ITeer Park Hoad, about half a mile from theDeer Park Chapel. About one half of theFarm in in excellent Chestnut I*IMBHTH,with a Lime Kiln on the place. Well watered,And good Improvements.
Terms to suit thmnirchuser.Persons wbdjjjjlF particulars can call on
Mr. Burgos near the premises, orihe Age*nt in Westminster,
jan’Js tf LRVI EVANS.
TOWN PROPERTY AT
PRIVATE SALE.
J" will sell at Private Sale, on reasonableterms, a comfortable
OUSE nnd two Lots, at HieCorner of Green Street iiudMliiKiiSthe Washington road. Tlieproperly is in fine order, good Water, andlias ail the necessary out-buildings.
Possession given Ist of April.LEVI EVANS,
Real Estate and Colloeling Agent.jan2s-tf
Roise a,\i lot atI’rliao- Sain.—Situated aUhccorner of Union street and I’enn-
ClMßßsylvunia Avenue, ft in it desirableproperty in the best possible condition. Pos-session given on the Ist of April. Far fur-ther information inquire of Mrs. Hayward,on the promises, or to
LEVI EVANS,fcbl-tf Real Estate Agent.
FOR SALK.
JlilM. HOUSE AND LOT, of halfan acre, situated at the West End. 'I hebouse is a new Frame. Location pleasant.Terms made to suit the purchaser.
XdiVl EVANS,janlfi-tf Real Estate Agent
CATTLE POWDERS, all of the mostpopular makes, for sale nt
feb22 , A. M. Warner's,
ACCORDEONS, Music Boxes, Ac., forsale cheap at A. M. Warner's.
In PrnmlnK Our Colon, l>t tg be Carefbl to Preserve alno Our civil EJbertlcw. TERMS-91.30 iDTiHCB<
'NEW COAL ANDLUMBER YARD.
-: x. W~"W:green street, at the depot
WESTMINBTKH, .VI).
HAVING perfected arrangements forcarrying on the “
Lumber and Coal lliinluc**,on Green street, nt the Depot, Westminster,Md., the undersigned lakes this method ofsoliciting the patronage of the public. Hewill have on Imnd, and be prepared to sellat all time* ut the lowest cash prices, a fhll•apply of seasoned 4-4, 64, and 8-1
Boards mid Flank,Flooring, Weatherboarding, Siding andSuautliug, .Shingle, hatha and Pickets,nod all other material kept in a
Lumber Yard.fie will algo Veen for sale Broken, Kgg.Nut and i'ea COAL, from the well knownShumokiu Mines, at the lowest MarketRates.
By prompt Attention to IniainoM, furnish-ing ille be t articles in the Market, and doingtill in his power to Accommodate customers,ho hopes to Com maud a share of publicpatronage,
EDWARD I.VNCII.fehl-ly
TO THE PUBLIC.\*Huport having; litwin circskteil to tho
ollVct that nl n runtiit nun-ting f thoIMiysirians of this phicc, the cliihkch wetf?advanced to $2. AO for Town viflito, and SA.Ou<or \isit in Uk* country, the üßdernitfOlddemn it due to lha public an Veil r to tmun
to hlal4* that there no Iruth whateverin mu OJl report. Nomu h martini; ha* beenheld, nnd no urn h f*banco in rhurp a made.The rate ofrhargiiijt 5* now juit wnat It ban
been for the imrt two ur three your*, nndmay be stated a- follow*:
borviiU io the Town. ?1.00 t except incaiiefl of protmetod su-knoEM, or where morethmi one vi-.iti* main in one day; in mirhevent ft reduction in made.For viaitsinto the country under 1 mile $1.60
1
from 2 to A miles $2.00and 60 cent* for enrh ndditional mile.—Nujhtvi-jt.-U' Inyppiufore, nn* double.
KI;AM* 18 IIITTLKic.M. f)J. W. JlKitlVd, M r>..I. If. IffI.LINTJSU.f. A. M li.J. 1.. WAUTIKLIL M. I>.OEO. S. INfiIJNO, M I).
janW'tf
drove, Shiink A Co..Produce Dealers
A S DCOM MLSS ION MERC ANTS.
A Few poo ha tiioM tup. Depot,
UfM/miHi/rr, Ml.Wi have foruied a Copartnership for
the ports e of extensively engaging lit
the Wholesale ( >roduce Husinees. amikeep a heavy Stock ofIEED,
ri.oruand all kinibt of ( i entry Produce con-
stantly on hand\Ko Farmers and GARDENER'S
IMPLEMENT? in l-i at varietyHARDWARE.
such asHinges,
lack-('bains,
Curry Conilm,am] at lii'li 1* in that line
i! have a fine stock of WINES andLUJI HRS. to which \vc invite attentionof purchasers.
Also the lest nssotiuent ofGROCERIES
in Westminster, and dosirn purcliascrs 1to call on us before purchasing else-where All goods at. Wholesale orRetail, in dlutoiltics to suit.
Having extensive u> commo.lot ion*
for currying on upon a largo scale theForwarding Rusucr* Generally, Far jmerit and J’roduuvra w ill be dealt with >
ujKrii the nioM a din n lagoon * litiiis.WM P. GROVE,HKNJ. SIIIJNK,DAN IEE I. INK.
jan 18 3m
R A I LRO A D.WINTER ARRANGEMENTS.
On and after MONDAY, December Illh.1806—
'n.e Trains will leave Union Bridge nt 4:4 1A. M. and U A. M.
Lenvii Wuslminster at fr.-fo A. M. ami 19:60 A. M.
heave Baltimore ul 9A. M., 12.50 I’. M-,and 8:80 I*. M.
P H. IRWIN,no.Bo if Snp't.
To liime Biirnors.AVTANTED to know the rale per hnshtl
T Y at which l.iuu 1 liy tlio Car Load, forAgricultural i'urtioscs can he delivered atBell’s Switch, on tlie Western MarylandRailroad. J. H. Mull EN 1C I, •
Pikeeviile, Ballimore county, Mil.jeeßs-ti
I I K I Tl' 1 S' nUCK,aN' D’SFOR I'llft Ucilicrly
PlM'k, tlMMsss.MM.ww''a* cared thousands ofthe worst cases of Blind nnd Bleeding Piles.Itgive immediate relief, and effects a perma-nent cure. Try it directly, it is warrantedto cure.
For sale by all Druggists at 60 Cents perbottle. , jnnlß-fy
sirlcklanH’sNO MELLIFLUOUS
, MORE. 1 L'ougli llsiUmih
is warranted to be the only preparationknown to cure Coughs, Golds, Hoarseness,Asthma, Whooping cough, chronic coughs,consumption, bronchitis,and croup. Beingprepared from honey nnd herbs, It is.henl-mg, softening, mid expectorating, and par-ticularly suitable for nil affections of theThroat and Lungs. For side by Druggistseverywhere. jan 18-1y
The Mount Dope Caae.\Vc select from the Towsoutown Jour-
nal of ihc 17th iusf . the following no-tice of the above case :
This case, which has occupied the at-tention of onr County Court before lion.Judge Emory, for over a week, wasbrought to a suddeU termination onWednesday last.
The entire time has been spent indiscussing the points arising with ref-ence to the admission of the testimonyof Miss Mary Flemming. On Wednes-day, Judge Emory decided that the tes-timony of Miss Flemming would be ad-missible, ifthe .State could bring hometo Dr. Stokes the knowledge of certainacts alleged to have been committed up-on Miss Flemming and others confinedin Mount Hope, whereby the charge ofconspiracy between l)r. Stokes andMary Blenkcnsop could be established.The Plate confessed itself unable to dothis, consequently the prosecution was
abandoned.This c..s has excited great interest
throughout the city snd in the county.On Tuesday, over fifty ladies were pres-cut.
Daniel Ratcliff. John T. Ensor andIt M. Rogers. Etqs., counsel for theStale; Wm Pchlcy, Wm. P. Preston,R J. (Sittings and EugeneCumminsky,Esqs for the defense.
From the Baltimore Oaaette we ex-
tract also the following notice of the1 same case:
The physician of tbe Mount HopeInstitution, Dr William II Stokes, is agentb-rnsn of the highest personal andprofessional character—proverbiallyhonorable, charitable and humane -
whose laborious snd blameless life hasbeen dedicated to the pursuit of science, jand espeeially to that most noble andengrossing department ofhi* profession, .the treatment of diseases of the mind IHe is a member of the Protestant Epis- )copal Church, and the parties with ¦whom he was charged to have conspiredare Homan Catholics, governed, accord ,
ing to the sectarian taunt of the indict- :ment. "by a foreign prieet .” They lie- ilong to a religious society, whieh isknown snd loved the wide world over,as the embodiment of all that humanself-sacrifice can attain, in unobtrusiveself devotion to human suflrringsnd sor-row No pestilence that walks in darknrsa ran hide its victims from the ten-der ministration of the Sisters of Chari-ly, and no destruction that wastes at
noonday can affright their patient and iloving kindness There was scarcely Ione great battle field *of the late war Iwhere they did not s'auach the blood ofthe wounded and cbsic the eyes of the |dying, in both hosts And yet. save in jtlieir works of good, these bumble anddevoted women shrink from the publicgate They ask neither the notice nor
the rewards of tins world The verynames by whieh society knew them are
lost when they lake up their effiee, andand they live add die, without a singlelink to bind them to greed, or vanity. |or human applause These, we repentare the people with whom a min lik<Dr Htokes waa are used of a criminal 1:Iml sordid conspiracy, to cheat defraudand maltreat the helpless and insaneMister Euphcniia < Mias Blenkinsop,; hisalleged c. conspirator, was the Sister in Icharge of the Mount Mope Institutionfrom .June. IBM * * *
% Dream.
A few nights since a friend of ours, •while wrapped in the slumbers of lutii-nighl, druamr d a drenut," and imaginod jhe was on a pleasure eXenrsion to theinfernal regions His sight was regaledwith many scenes novel, strange and 1undreamed of in (ho philosophy of man ;While iu the reception room of HisMajesty, the pleasant little imp whoacts as usher announced‘ Thaddcus Mte-vena 1”
•Satan actually trembled in hia sul-phurous boots, andquiek upriaingaaked:
“What, that noisy fellow from Penn-sylvania ?"
“yea!" responded tho usher.‘¦Send him back I send him back !"
cried Satan, ‘ there ia no place here forhim"
“But,” responded the littledevi), whoaeumeii to enjoy an evuat which prom-ised to knock tho suad from under hisImperial chief, you must receive him,he can't go anywhere clac."
.Satan walked the floor with rapidstrides for a few momenta, when sudden-ly ho stopped and aaid. “Ihave it I hemay have u few bushels of brimstoneand a box of matches, and go off and•tart a little Hell of bis own." —XatchrtCourier.
The Town or Babei,.—-Remains ofthe Tower of Babel, says Qalignano,still exist, and are visible from a verygreat distance. Each side of the quad-rangular basis measures two hundredyards in length, and the bricks of whichit is composed are of the purest whiteclay, with a very slight brownish tint.Tbe bricks before baking were coveredwith characters traced iu clear and reg-ular style. The bitumen which servedfor cement was derived from a fountainwhieh still exists near tho tower, andwhich flows with such abundance thatit soon forms a stream and would invadetho noigboring river did not tho nativesfrom time to time set fire to tho stream
of bitumen.
THE DYING WIFE.
Many a sorrow stricken heart will Meedafresh, and many a manly eye grow dim withtears, over the remembrances of a realitywhich the following beautiful line* willawaken:
Lay the gem upon my bosom,l,et mo ftel her sweet warm breath ;
Kora strong ekill o'er me pluses,And Iknow that it is death.
I would gnr.e upon the treasure—Scarcely given ere I go—
Feel her rosy dimpled fingersWander o'er my cheek of snow.
I am passing through the waters,But a blessed shore appears;
Kneel beside me, husband dearest,Let me kiss away thy tears.
Wrestle with thy grief, my husband,Strive from midnight until day,
It may leave an angel’s blessing
When it vanishes away.
I jivthe gora upon my bosom,’Tis not long she can be there ;
See! how to my heart she nestles,’Tis the pearl I love to wear.
If in after years beside thee,hits another in my chair,
Though her voice be sweeter music,And her face tlian mine more fair ;
Ifa cherub calls thee “Father!"Fur more lieautiful than (his,
Love thy first-born! Oh! my husband!Turn fiol from the motherless.
Tell her sometimes of her mother—
Yon may call her by my name!Shield her from the winds of sorrow ;
Ifshe errs, oh! gently blame.
1-cad her sometimes, where I'm sleeping;I will answer ifshe calls,
And my bruath will stir her ringlets,When my voice in blessing (alls.
I Then her soft, black eyes will brighten,And siiall wonder whence it came,
In her heart, when yours pa,* o'er herSka will find her mother's name,
j It in sabl that every mortalWalks between two angels here;
One records the ills, but blots it,Ifbefore the midnight drear
Man repenlcth—if uncsuicetlod.Then hr. seals it for the skies,
And the right hand angel weepeth,Bowing low with retied eyes.
I will tie her right hand angel,Sealing np (he good for Heaven j
MtHviog that the midnight watchesFind no misdeeds unfotgiien.
Von will not forget me, husband.When I’msleeping ’neath the sod?
Oh, hive the jewel lo us giien,
As I love thee —next to Ood !
llouvnnllr l.mr ttnry.The fount de Ht Croix, belonging to 1
one of (he noblest und Wealthiest families |in France, became engaged, after a hmgand assiduous nmrtehip lo a lady, hiser|nnl in poailiun and fortune and famousfor her beauty Shortly after the happyday war appointed which was to render(wo loving hearts one the fount waaor- idered immediately to the siege of Sebas !
lopol; so he girib'd on bis sabre, and atthe head of his icgiim-nt marched to the jbattle field DuringthcCount'saksenoeit happened that hi* beautiful Jtnnrt hailtheamal! pog. After hovering bet ween 'life and death for many days she recover- ¦ed her health hut found berbeauty hope- !lessly lost. The disease had assumed jin her case (he moat virulent rharaeter, ,and left her not only disfigured, hut j
reamed and scarred tv such a frightfulextent, that she became hideous to her-self, and resolved to pass (he remainderof her days in the strietest seclusion. Ayear passed away, when, one day, theCount, immediately after his return toFranco, accompanied by hia valet, pre-sented him*olf at the residence of hisbetrothed, and solicited an interviewThis waa refused. lie, howuver, withthe persistence of a lover, pressed hissuit uml finally the lady made her ap-pearance, closely muffled in a doubleveil. At the sound of ber voice theCount rushed forward to embrace her.but, slopping aside, she tremblingly told ibun the story of her sorrows, and burstinto tears. A heavenly smile brokeover the fount's handsome features, ns,raising hia hands aiJovc his head, ho ex-
claimed, “Itia(JotVtl work; /nm blind/" iIt was even so. When gallantly leadinghis regiment to the attack, a cannon-ballpassed so closely to hia eyes that whileit loft their expressions unchanged andhis countenance unmarked, it robbedhim forever of sight. It is almost un-necessary to add that their marriagewas shortly alter solemnized. Itis saidthat at this day may often beaoen at theEmperor's receptions an officer leaningupon the arm of a lady closely veiled ;and they eeem to he attracted to thespot by (heir love of ihusio.
A witty printer, who quit Iris'basi- 1ness, studied physic, and became a phy-sician, gave as hia reason for doing so,that in printing all the faults are ex-posed to the eye, but in physio they are
buried with the patient.
Every bear should bo made to dance,for what is the use of Bruin withouthops.
WESTMINSTER, MD., THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1806,(General assessment or Prop-
erty In Marylund.
The bill recently passed by the Leg.islature, providing for a general assess-
ment of all real, personal and mixedproperty in the State, consist* of forty-one sections, and is necessarily taken upwith many details in relation to the da-tics of assessors, Ac. The followingaruthe main provisions:
“The City of Baltimore is to bo divi-ded into ten assessment district*. Balti-more County into fiveand soon through-out the several counties of the Stale,according to extent of territory. Thecommissioners of the counties are to ap-point three properly holders to makethe assessment. They are to proceedto business on the first of May and com-plete the assessment by the first of De-cember. Any assessor failing or neg-lecting to make the required returnshall forfeit not exceeding 1500 for eachoffense.
AH properly is to be assessed at thefull cash value, without looking to a for-ced sale, and all property owned by res-idents of the Slate, and not permanentlylocated elsewhere within the Slate, shallhe,assessed to the owner in the countyor city where he or she may reside; andthey shall specify in their returns, as fara* may be practicable—first, the name ofthe tract* or parcels of land or the des-cription thereof, owned by each individ-ual, with the quantity of acres therein,ami the value thereof; see,,mi, stock intrade, its general description and value;third, public securitiea liable to valua-tion, particularly specified, with theirrespectivc value; fourth, bauk stocksand other stocks, particularly ¦qmcifudwith their respective value ; fifth, privatesecurities ; sitih, live stock; seventh,household furniture ; eighth. piste; ui nth
| geld and silver watches; tenth, otherj descriptions, aggregate value of each.
The assessors shall have power andauthority to require the owners of landswithin their respective assessment distrirt* to furnish information with regardto the number of acres and location ofsaid lands, os may b necessary to cnablc them to ascertain the value Ihereof,
! the same to he under oath or affirmation| of such person or persons to be adminis-tered by some one of the said assessors.That for the discovery of all property
j liable to assessment, every person shallj he rcquiri d by the assesors to give a Ilull and particular account or statementthereof to am h assessors, distinguishing
: in such account or statement the paniculsr property which may be under hiscar* and management from his own.
( which said account or stall nu ut shallI he under the oath or affirmation of suchperson* to he administered by one of the¦aid assessor*; and aueb property or such |parts thereof as said assessor* shall ro Iquite shall, if practicable, bo produced !before the said assessors for their iustx e j
< lion and valuation. Ifany person shall jwilfully refuse nr after twenty days' no- I
j lire shall neglect to render any suchI statement or account of his or her property or < fh ets, or any part thereof a* by j
| this act he or she i* required upon the !requisition of (be assessors, he or she;shall forfeit a sum not levs than fifty nor Imore than five hundred dollars, ami (he {
j said ssse-Hirs shall thereupon, upon Itheir own knowledge ami on the Ih'*i :information they eao obtain value the I
j property of such pawn to tb utmost (sum (hey believe the same to be worth Iin cash, and iu their return* of said |valuation* they shall certify the refusal !
| or neglect ofllic owner of such property {and tno county commissioiicni shall as-sets such person according to the sumso returned and the somu shall be con.under c*l a* the asses snout; and ifanyp'-rson shall give a (also or partial ac-
j count or statement of any property un-der his or bor managemeut in his or
I her possession with the intent that thei payment of the just assessment or rale
of tax on any property may bo avoided,such persons shall forfeit a sum not lessthan fifty nor mure Ilian five hundreddollars.
The above arc the main features—thebalance of the bill is taken up with var-
ious other detail* concerning the dutiesof the County Commissioners, Assessor*Clerks, Ac., and provides for taking ap-peals to the court*. Assessors to bepaid four dollars per day for every dayactually employed, to be paid by thtdrrespective coualic*. The act is to takeaffect ob the first of May.— J’umuouUrwuJournal.
TUt- Kepublleun Part) Urcuk-liilT l.
The New York lUrald of Mondaysays the outrageously radical mean art*
of Sumner and Steven* are breakingup the Republican party which couldhave ruled the country for the next
century had it been properly managed.It elected Lincoln over McClellan iu
1864 because all the Soldiers and thefriend* of the soldiers gave it their votes;but now we see that all the great (ien-
oral* like (Irani. Sherman and Thomas,have declared against the radical policyin thoir reports, and that the soldiersarc indignant at the efforts made for im-mediate, universal and unconditional ne-gro miffrago. The result will be the
organisation of a new conservative partythat willannihilate the Republicans.
The only military men who endorseSumner and Stevens in their crusadeagainst the President are Ben Butlerand Carl Schurx. These are all thesoldiers, ifthey may he called soldiers,that the Republicans now rctaiu initheir party.
Hammer and abtll.The President's hummer and anyil
simile is likely to become as popular andas damaging to the radicals as GeneralGrant’s ‘-bottle tightly eorked’’bas pro-ved to a certain hero whose fame wehare tnort than once sought to celebratein onr columns. We mean to reprintthis happy hit of the Executive very of-ten, for everybody should have it byheart;
I might make use of a homely figurewhich is sometimes ns good as any othereven in the illustration of great and iDd*porfant questions; and say that it hasbeen hammer at one end of the line andanvil at the other. And this great gov-ernment, the best the world ever saw,was kept npon the anvil, and it has beenhammered since the rebellion, and thereft*m to be a ditpotiiion to continue thehummereng until tht government thall bedestroyed. F have opposed that systemalways and I oppose it now. The gov-ernment, in the assertion of its powersand the maintenance of the principlesof the Constitution, has taken hold ofone extreme, and with the strong armofphysical power has put down the re-
bellion. Sow at ift tiring amend theeimi* of the Union, with a fixer!andunalterable determination to itand Ay ififwrfind tht remnterjtorl or tht ihtplicaltnj tht mt nit tpirit that played to thit fierf-iu<j and them jtertant at the Smith, thitOther extreme. \rhu h tlandi in the *noymutt gel ant of it, and the governmentMUtl land unthahrn and unmoret! anil*batit. Thit government mutt be prt-terrtd !"
This is not “rhetoric talk,” but it issometh log better.
The Philadelphia Daily Aeos,(Re-publican,) on the Cth inst.,in defendingSenator Cowan from an attack by theNew York Tribune, says :
“ITe Was a Union man when the Re-publicans all claimed to be Union men.tie is 10 ulill;and ifthey have departedfrom tho position they pretended to oo-eupy, and have become disunioniats, isho to he censured for not going withthem * The Tribune may say the sameit it plen-.-s, of President Johnson.—I tie gap b< tween that gentleman andthe Republican majority grows widerevery day hut Andrew Johnson was aUnion man when Floraeo Greeley wasadvocating in the columns of his news-paper the right of teesaaion, and blub-bering every day -let them go.’ "
Grv rorn:F.’s Homestead. —Weregret to lonrn that tho old homesteadof Gen John Coffee, whom Gen. Jack-son called his “right arm” in the warof I>G2 and who distinguished himselfparticularly in the battle ofNcw Orleanswas destroyed by fire on the night of the¦lib Inst. It was situated near Florence,Alabama, and was at the time of its de-struction, occupied by the venerablewidow of General Goffuc, now past 73years of age. The loss of the house andfurniture, nearly nil of which was con-sumed, is estimated at $30,000. Amongthe interesting historical relies destroy-ed in the conflagration, was a magnifi-cent sword, presented to Gen. Jacksonby tho cititens of Sen Orleans, and be-queathed by him to Col. Andrew J,Coffee.
•‘What would I give,” said CharlesLamb, to call my mother back to earthfor one day, to ask her pardon oi ntybended knees for all those acts by which1 gave her geutie spirit pain.”
Kcmumbur this, my young friendwhenever you are inclined to disobeyyour mother, or to do anything whichyou know will grieve her. When sheis dead, such misconduct will awakenbitter recollections and you cannot case
your troubled soul by asking her par-don. Bbo who boro you, who ferventlyloved you, and whose faithful heart youmade to ache, will have gone, never to
return. The cruel deed will be irrepar-able !
The best description of weakness wo
have ever heard is tho wag's query to
hia wife, when aho gave bimsmne chick-on broth, if she would not coax thatthicken to wade through the soup onco
more.
Mrs. Partington says that the coal*porters may say what they like aboutreligious tracks but she thinks, {n icropinion that there’s no tracks so sugges-tive of solemn thoughts as tho railroadtracks.
People who travel in cannibal coun-tries are apt to be turned into Indianmeal.
How was it that Noah did not emergefirst from the ark 7 Because he camoforth.
The poets tells ua of ships that nevercome to shore. Perhaps he meant
courtships- t.-mr ¦' -
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Tfc ‘Lumber’ In a Muffle Tree.It fitculled the Fremont Pine, and
was situated about fourteen miles eastof I'lacorvillo, near the emigrant road.Its history and proportions are thussketched by the San Francisco //.ro/i/;
In circumference two feet from theground it meosured twenty-nine feet, ornine feet in diameter.
At the commencement of the rainyseason lost autumn, l.cvin Payne and T.A. Dimilt determined on rutting it downfur the purpose of working it into shin-gles. Itwas chopped olfonly two feetfrom the ground, as there was no appa-rent diminution in site fur fifty feet up-ward. As many men as could workaround it chopped it oil in two day*.—Seven men now commenced operationsupon it, and hare continued, with butlittle interruption, the entire winter andspring.
The first eight feet, though perfectlysound, was nut worked in consequenceofits being • little caty and cross-grained.Above this, eight cuts were taken, ofeight feet each; and at this distance, or
seventy feet front the stump, it was sev-
en fuel eight inches in diameter. Fromthese eight cuts, five hundred shakes,four feet long by six inches wide, andtwo hundred and twenty-five thousandsixteen inch shingles have been madeby riving and shaving, and withoutthe least locs of timber. Throe tnoru
eight feel cuts will easily make fortythousand shingles more, but with some
little loss of timber, there being a fewsmall dry limbs in the last cut. Thiswill make in all two hundred and sixty-five thousand shingles, at twelve dollarsper thousand, the price they brought at
the stump, and wo have no less a sum
than fi3,lHo for shingles alone, besidesshake*, rails, and fence posts. The en-
tire length of the tree was two hundredslid thirty feet. It limy be asked bythe “old folks at home,” how wo man-age to saw into blocks a treo that, whenlying ii)on the ground, is two feet high-er than most men's heads. We answer,that it is first chopped intoou both sidesabout twenty inches, and then sawed offiulo ruts eight feet long ; these are thensplit with jiowd: r and quartered, thensawed into sixteen inch shingle blocks
! It may seem to some like another Cali-| fornia story, and so it is, but it is, nev-
ertheless, true Wo have seen it, hums ¦
' tired it, and ran attest to the farts as
regards its site.
One Hundred Inn* Igo.
fine hundred yean ago there was not
a single while man in Ohio, Kentucky 1Indiana, or lllinoia Territories. Thenwhat is now the most flourishing part ofAmerica, was as little known as theuioiintaina of the moon it was not un-
til ITUflthat the hunter of Kentucky,the gallant and adventurous Boone, lefthis homo in North Carolina to becomethe first settler of Kentucky. The firstpioneer ofOhiodid not settle till twentyyears afterwards.
A hundred year* ago Canada belonged
to Franco, nod tint whole population ofvhe 1 mted Stales did not exceed a mil-lion and half
A hundred years ago the great Fred-erick of Prussia was performing thoseexploits which have made him immor-tal in military annals, and w ith his lit-tle monarchy was Sustaining a single-handed contest with Russia, Austria,and France the three great powers ofEurope, combined.
A hundred years ago the UnitedStates were the most loyal people cf theBritish Empire, and on the politicalhorizon uu speck indicated the strugglewhich within ascoro of yearn thereafterestablished the greatest republic of theworld.
A hundred year* ago there wus butfour newspapers In America, with a com-bined circulation not exceeding 2,000.Steam engines and cylinder presses had
not been imagined, and railroads andtelegraphs had not entered the remotest
conception of man.
When wo come to look back at itthrough the viata of history, we find thatthe century which has passed has beenallotted to more important events in theirbearing upon the happiness of the worldthan almost any other event that hashappened since the creation.
A hundred years hence, who eon fore-tell onr development and national great-ness.
Sniveller says that be has beenwithout mousy so long that his headaches “ready to split’’ wbcu ho tries tothink how a dollar looks. He says the
notion that“we live in a world ot change ’should not have currency.
Why should every lamplighter benamed WjJliam ? Because Bills run upso quickly.
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