house, It is surrounded by a substantial railing of pickets. In it lies the dust of fdur generations. Several graves are marked by appropriate gravestones. After wandering around the premises, we departed for Laurel, and entered the town at 7 :45 p. m., by way of the "Little Mill" road, after having spent tbe day most delightfully, memories of which will never desert our minds as long as we are possessed of mind and reasoning faculties.

June 8. 1891.

EDEN HEARNE.

I neglected to mention that the old ledger of the merchant, William, was brought to Laurel and Pocomoke City by Cousin William T. Hearne of Independence, Mo., on his visit, May 29-June 10, 1891. and thus we see that it was returned after an absence of nearly one hundred years, and was brought to its old home in about two days, over the route tbat his grandfather traveled in 1798 and which was then a journey of about eight weeks. It was a great treat for the Delaware and Maryland relatives to see such an heirloom as the old William Hearne ledger. E. H.

In the spring of 1790, Jacob Hearne, who was a great-grandson of Derby Hearne, emigrated with his family from Snow Hill, Maryland, to Lexington, Ky., by the Cumberland Gap route.

On Jan. 7, 1792, Jonathan Hearne, a great-grandson of the first William Hearne, left Sussex Co., Delaware, with his family, for Hancock Co., Georgia, where he settled. We have no authentic account of any others of the family leaving there up to this time, though doubtless many did; among them was Thomas Hearne, grandson of the first William, and William, Elisha and Joshua, sons of Nehemiah (brother of last named Thomas), also moved south, who went to North Carolina previous to this, but we do not know the date. Also Purnell and Nehemiah, Sons of George and nephews of Thomas, preceded him.

PERSONAL, POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS.

I, William Thomas Hearne, author of this work, grew up to manhood trained in the tenets of the old Whig party, in strenuous opposition to the Democratic party, feeling it would almost be a disgrace for me to be a Democrat; but, before I was old enough to vote, the Whig party passed out of existence, and my first vote, which I cast in August, 1856, was for the American party, and then in Nov., the same year, for Fillmore and Donaldson, the nominees of the American party, for President and Vice-President.

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