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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-03-30

The St. Mary's Beacon of Thursday last
says: "The case of negro GEORGE QUEEN,
removed to this county for trial, was called
mp by the Court on Thursday. FRED'K
STONE, Esq, of Charles, appeared for the
prisoner. The prosecution was conducted
by GEORGE BRENT, Esq, States Attorney
for the same county. We did not hear the
arguments of these gentlemen, bu. they are
generally spoken of as having been very
forcble and ingenious. The case was given
to the jury between nine and ten O'Clock at
night After remaining up about fifteen
minutes, they brought in verdict of guilty
Of murder in the second degree, and the pri-
soner was sentenced to solitary confinement
in the Penitentiary for seventeen years, five
months and thirteen days. His owner, COL
John D. Bowling, of Prince Georges, was
allowed 5000 for him."
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-03-30

Works OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMs.-1Ve
learn from the New York Express that Mr..
CHARLES Francis ADAMS is very shortly
to publish the works of his illustrious ia
,her, some fifteen or twenty large octave
volumes. The deceased Statesman, who
carefully revised them for publication, by
his will appropriated sum of money to
defray the expense of printing. Among the
writings Of Mr.. Adams is said
to be a new version of the Psalms in Metre,
a translation Of Wieland's Oberon, and sew
eral minor poems; but the chief portion OF
his MSS. will probably prove to be histori-
cal and biographical works.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-03-30

MARYLAND PoLIT1cs.-A mass meeting
of the friends Of Henry Clay in Hartford CO.,
is to be held at Bel-Aair on the Cd of Nav.
The friends of Gen. Taylor in Caroline CO..,
held meeting on the 18th inst, and NOM
mated him as their independent candidate
for the Presidency. Delegates were also
appointed to the Taylor State Convention.
The meeting was addressed by A. T. Emo
ry, of Queen Anne's; T. r. Lookerman, of
Talbot, and James A. Stewart, of Dor
chester.
Another Taylor meeting was held at Snow
Hill, on the 14lh inst. Hon. T. A. Spence,
presided G. w. P. Smith, secretary. Res
oIutions similar to those adopted in Queen
Anne's county, heretofore published, were
adopted by this meeting, declaring Gen.
Taylor independent ofparty, and acquiescing
in the call of State Convention of his
friends in Baltimore. The meeting appointed
the following delegates to the Convention :
Thos. Timmons, w. T. J. Purnell, CAPTAIN
H. Long, John Dennis, of Jno., J. S. Bev-
ans, Rowland Bevans, ST., E. Holloway,
Ebenezer H. Fooks, Hon. T. A. Spence, and
j. E. Hayward.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-03-30

AUsEFUL SocIETY-We learn that there
has been an Order commenced in Cumber-
land, called the Independent Order of Anti
Gamblers. The object consists in reform
ing all persons, who are now, or ever have
been addicted to the ruinous and disgraceful
habit of gambling. The Mountaineer says
the Order now numbers great many gen.
tlemen Of high standing and responsibility
in this community, and bids fair to compete
in short time, with other Societies similar
in object, but which have been in existence
for number of years. 1t is designed that
this will be the Grand Lodge of the Order
throughout the United States.
1t is perhaps little known to American
readers that nearly twenty per cent of the
customs duties Of Great Britain arise from
one single article Of american production-
viz TOBACCO, and that it is only the Sc
cond article in magnitude as productive of
duty. There is only one item of imports
that yields to the United Kingdom more
revenue from import duty-and this is
TEA.
From official tables now before me it
seems that the most productive articles of
import into Great Britain for the year 1916
were as follow
Tea, 46,72s,0OO lbs. yielding e5,111, GOO duty
Tobacco, 26,7O0,OO0 lbs 4,236,0OO
Sugar, 100000
Wine, Rum and Brandy, 4,346OOO "
Timber, 1,l24,OOO g
All other items of imports yielding less
than four millions Sterling in the aggre-
gate.
The returns for several years in success
sion vary so little that the above may be as
sumed as a criterion.
Who can doubt that if this duty Of about
1000 per cent were removed from Tobacco.
or reduced to SO or 100 per cent, that the
export would be more than quadrupled =
american.
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Add cl kader---!ll for Love.

The following letter from Toulon contains.
says the Times. some curious details upon
the submission of Add el Kadcr.
"ToulOR, Jan. l9.--I have seen the
Emir. Ii is quite mistake that his eyes
are black; they are of decided gray,
shaded by very long black eyelaShcs. He
speaks very ilnently, whichs proof Of his
distinction among the Arabs. Whatever
may be the reputation of Add cl kader as n
soldier, politician, or Mahometan priest, it is
much greater as a literary man. He is said
to be as learned as an Arab can be. Two
leather trunks containing his library have
always accompanied him, even during the
last months that preceded his submission !;
they also made part of their personal bag
gage on board. Bat every one is ignorant
of the real cause of his submission, which
was love. He is another Autony.-Aftcr
having endeavored with heroic courage to
make passage through the Moorish camp,
he succeeded, with a considerable number
ofhis followers, in so discngaging himself
as 10 be able to gain the desert, but at the
moment he was about TO profit by the liber-
~ this last coup de mdb, gave him, he
heard the firing which had reached his
deira. Then, like the lion of the desert
who sees his lioness cntrappcd and his cubs
carried away, he rctraced his steps and fell
upon the Moors, with the rest of his faithful
followers, willis, the cries of his wives,
whose tents the enemy had commenced
pillaging, exalted his courage. Twice the
Emir was rolled to the ground with his
horse wounded under him, twice surround.
and seized, he released himself by his ex-
traordinary agility, and gained a victory
by hard fighting in the midst of victuriou,
retreat. The Moors, intoxicated with the
desire of pillaging the deira. threw them.
selves il. numbers upon this body of ,OO(
old men, women. and children, defended 10y
/ the Emir, surrounded only by his kaiia,s
aghas, bachaghns, and the chiefs of his reg
ular troops, and likewise in want of amuni
ton. Finally. after having left behind hin
train of his friends and enemies bloc,
extending three leagues, he arrived upor
our frontier, where. for the price Of such M
offence, he found no other alternative thar
a choice between two enemies. At last
abandoning this deira, which enclosed al
hi, affections, to our generosity, he depart
ed, in order to regain the south. After tive
nCN ih'."s 'h"uSn CcrlHllI VI SuNIil.
himself, his heart soitened at the idea Of hi,
isolation, and preicrring captivity with hi'
/ friends, he returned to treat with us. FIFTH,
man had not already conquered our esteem
by his heroic struggle he has s,lstainc,
against us during ID years, every one her,
agrees in saying that the courage he ha
displayed in this last aud supreme hour o
his military career demands our dccpes
sympathy-proyidcd that history does nc
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OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 81, 1S4S


stepped out, and hack being procured, she
departed for New Castle. Miss Williamson
gave her all the money she had, Sj-as at
the time she left Col. Davis she had not a
dollar.
At New Castle Miss Clark met her lover,
and they started for Baltimore, where they
were met by Miss Williamson, who acted
rs bridesmaid on the occasion Of their mar
rage. Immediately after her marriage,
Miss Clark, whom we shall now call Mrs.
Whitney, set about hunting up facts in re-
lation TO her birth. Threats were used, and
every obstacle made use Of, 10 prevent her.
Her first care was TO find her mother, and
after long search, she was at last discov-
cred, we believe, in the Island of jamaica
She almost Immediately recognised her
daughter, and gave the marriage certificate
of her husband, Daniel Clark, from whom
she had been separated some time before
his death. Proceedings were Immediately
commenced, but for short while, with a
small prospect OF success. Threats were
not only made against herself and husband,
but against any one who should advocate
their cause. II was with difficulty lawyer
could be procured to plead her cause even
the judges on the bench were the feed conn
sci of the other side, and. generally suppos-
cd to be under the influence Of bribery.
Finally, her husband was thrown into
prison, during the prevalence of the fever,
aud afterwards she was imprisoned with
him with small child at her breast. She af-
forwards was released and though widow,
still prosecuted her suit with determinodr res
olution. So glaringly was the partially OF
the judges once displayed, that the crowd in
the court could hardly contain their indg-
nation. Her life was two or three times
attempted. Her first acquaintance with
Gen. Gaines was when she was fred at, and
/ part OF her dress shot away. Gen. Gaines
came and offered her his protection, and she
soon after married him. Her opponents
dared not use the same means with n Gener-
al in the L. :. army as they had already
/ done with her first husband, private indi-
vdual.
/ After going through so many courts, we
now learn that the snit has been decided in
her favor. The value of the property is
now near twenty millions of dollars. Mrs.
Gaines is now about forty years Of age, a.
| bout five feet high, has sweet expression
of oountenancc, of rather French cast
She has at the same time, an indomitable
resolution, as every circumstance Of her
life has shown. She is very charitable and
warm hearted. and never forgcts old friends
/ She, even now, remembers with gratitude
/ the service of her early friend, formerly
/ Miss Williamson) now Mrs. Chambers, She
/ assures her when she comes into her estst,
she willremunerate her for her former kind
ness.
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The three astonished friends gaze on il in
speechless admiration, then turn to that ia
mliiar face. But 10, greater change has
passed over it. The man has put on the
God, and that sad and solemn countenance
which has been so often seen STOPPING over
the couch of the dying, aud entering the
door of the hut of poverty, and passing thro'
the streets of Jerusalem, and pausing by the
weary wayside-aye, believed with the
tears of pity--how burns like the sun in his
midday splendor. Weakness has given
way to majesty-sadness to dazzling glory
the look of pity to the grandeur of God.
The still radiance Of heaven sits on that Sc
rene brow, and all around that divine form
flows an atmosphere Of strange and won
drous beauty. Heaven has poured its bright
ness over that cousecrated spot, and on the
beams Of light which glitter there, Moses
and Elias have descended: and, wrapped
III the same shining vestments, stand beside
him.
How long the vision lasted we cannot tell,
but all that night did Jesus, with his friends,
stay ON that lonely mountain. OF the con-
versation that passed between them there
we know nothing but little sleep, we i'm
agine, visited their eyes that night; and as
they sat on the high summit and watched
the stars, as they rose one after another above
the horizon. and gazed on the moon as she
poured her light over the dim and darkened
landscape, words were spoken that seemed
born of heaven, and truths never TO be for
gotten were uttered in the ears Of the sub
dued and reverent disciples.
Oh, how different is heaven and earth
Can there be stranger contrast than the
Battle aud TRANSPORTATION Of Mount Tabor ?
One shoulders to think Of Bonaparte and the
Son OF God on the same mountain one with
his wasting cannon by his side, and the 9TH
err with Moses and Elias Just from heaven.
But no after Dissertation can destroy the
first consecration of Mount Tabor; for, bap-
tIzed with the glory of heaven. and honored
with the wondrous scene of the Transfg
ura'ion, il stands Sacred Mountain on the
earth.
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Singular Cure.

A certain physician, a kind of modern
Abernethy, full of benevolencc, skill, and
merrymake, who knows how to distinguish
TO nicely. between positive illness and
imaginary ailments, those children of by
pochOndra and spleen. was once and that
not "siXty years SINCE" visited by bloat-
ed and rickety bon vivant, who had cpicur-
iSed himself almost to Deaths door, where,
like the lrishman's horse in the play, he
seemed ready 10 go in without Knocking.
His proboscis was model of conviyial ru-
6icundity: but the corners of his mouth
tied msanihrory. In short, he had eaten
too much, for too long time the genial
juices of his system had become tart and
acid, while his mind, never the most corii-
al or elevated, had become cloudy, sluggish,
and discriminalive of good.
The cpicure approached the Esculapian
disciple with visage as sour as il he had
effected the deglutition of all the ipecacua-
Tia in Christcndom. He slid with his equity
limbs into chair. and vociferatcd
"Wcll, doctor, here | am, just going to
die. Not that feel so very bad in mysys-
ten, but just look at my nose! What mean
those dcvilish carbuncles, those branching
red veins! 1t can't be eating, il can't be
drinking. l have Civenup all but one slice
OF beef, one of mutton, and one Of pork, at
dinner; | eat fewer potatoes at a sitting
than ! used to do; and where | was wont
to take three glasses Of brandy or wine,
whether it be Madaria, Port, Sherry, or
Heidsac, | now take but two. eat fewer
suppers, or, at least, not quite SO many late
fhnSn | nm
did; yet ] sleep badly; have strange
dreams: and wear this saamander-l looking
nose. What the deuce am to do ? 1t
makes me very unhappy. 1t tormcnts me
continually by the itching which it produ-
ces. | want your candid opinion on thi,
matter, doctor, and want il soon, or shall
be dead man"
"Well, my dear fricnd,' replied the heal
err, 81 have but one thing to recommend
and il you refuse it all i. lost have often
told you, you would kill yourself with cor.
mandizing; you have visited me time and
again with your ailings: and all my advio,
which would have tended TO remove them
has been studously rejected. ! can do M
more except to mention the remedy will
respect TO your distressed member. which
am now about TO offer. You say it anuOy'
you; and with that knowledge, as well n,
a sight of its rcdneSs in my eye, repeat,
there is but one course for YOU to pnrs,l,
which can yield you relief. II, after hear
ing, you shall decline It, let the peril b,
your own. 1 wash my hands Of the whol,
business"
"pray tell me, doctor; I will follow yon
advice implicitly. vow, fear if do moi,
that these incpicnt rrnp,ions will combine
in n cancer. Do ease me at once. and tel
me what shall do if my nose continues
thus to itch me-"
"Listen, then, for your comfort depend
on what say. II it does itch, rs yon de-
clare, and MS | doubt motif il plaques yo
thus, you can only throw yourself upon on
lmcthod-onc darnicr resort, which is {
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-03-31

Letters from MEXICO. Some orthe epiS-
ties sent from Mexico, and Iu lish,d in the
United States, are decidedly original in their
description of the population and passing G.
vents. None are more SO than Capt. To-
bins, from whose las. letters we extract a
few passages. He says, writing from Bue-
ma Vista, on the 7th of FEBRUARY:
We had bungling sort OF execution late.
ly, on the body ola Polander, a private in
the Arkansas company. lie did something
or didn't do something, (Idon't know which,
and was condemned to be shot for it. He
died like man. Twenty-Five soldiers
were detailed to shoot him, and at the word
"lire," he went heels over head across
lis coffin. Every one supposed him dead,
and the detail was marched Of the ground !;
after while he rose, sat Oh the coffin, and
asked for a drink of water. The water " as
given him and the detail sent for, when he
was killed really, over again. The case
was so strange that asked about it; and as
neagly as can learn, twenty of the party
had agreed to fire over his head, and only
two fired at him: one ball hit him in the hip.
and the other inthe shoulder: neither wound
was mortal. 1t was misplaced friendship
he had to die, and he deserved it.
A few days after, another Arkansas man
was hanged in the Plaza for wantonly shoot
ing an old man in the streets of Saltllo.--
He died like brutc-drunk as cup, as
your friend Andrew Murphy would say
Immediately after this execution, three
discharged Mississippians were murdered
by party Of robbers near Rinconada. Five
of the gang were taken with the arms ant
papers of the murdered men in their posses.
sion, and were hanged next day in the Pla
"a of Satillo. They died with great firm
ness; one fellow put the rope around hi
own neck, and they all swung of the car
with cigars in their mouths. Alter being
. suspended twenty minutes, they were Gu
down and thrown into wagon, when thl
jolting over a rough pavement brought one
of them to lie; he was small, light man
and the fall he had was not enough to break
his neck. The officer who superin,emdec
the execution was sent for, and Mr.. "Grea
ser" soon "ceased to eXiSt"-a iavorte eX.
preston among the rangers when they sent
a ctizento Hades.
They're fixing gallows to hanga few
more people, and they've made sauger o
me. ! expect TO start soon for Parras 4!
eycsenan or tax collector, and only wal
for an escort from very respectable corp,
here called the '.jackass cavalry" so nam
ed from the nature of their arduous duties
which consists in chasing all loaded asse
up and down the streets, and bringing then
to the custom house, where their owner
pay three cents duty on each cargo.
The riugleader of the muderers of the
three Mississippians, Senior Morales, ha
Just been brought in, with some of his gang
The galows is going up for them, in auto
ipation. May the Lord have mercy OF
their souls, as Major Lane, Of the Rangers
is President of the court to try them; an,
all the members have declared that the,
have no conscientious scruplcs about hang
| ing murdererS.
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CONSERVATISM.

ny WILLIAM u. GALLAGHER.
The Owl, he fareth well
In the shadows of the Night;
And it puzzles him TO tell
Why the Eagle loves the Light.
Away he iloatS-away,
From the forest, dim aud old,
Where he pasS'd the garish day
The Night doth make him bold!
The wave Of his downy wing,
As he courses refund about,
DisturbS no sleeping thing
That he iindcth in his route.
The moon looks DER the hill,
And the vale grows softly light;
And the cock, with greeting shrill,
Wakes the echoes Of the night.
But the moon-he knoweth well
Its old familiar face;
And the cock-it doth but tell,
Poor fool its resting place.
And as still as the spirit of Death
On the air his pinionS play;
There's not the noise Of breath,
As he grapplcs with his prey.
oh, the shadowy Night for him
1t bringeth him fare and glee;
And what cares ne how dim
For the Eagle it may be?
Ii clothes him from the cold,
1t keeps his larderS full;
And he loves the darkness old,
To the Eagle all so dull.
But dawn is in the east
And the shadows disappear;
And at once his timid breast
Feels the presence of fear.
lie rcsists but all in vain
The clear Light is not for him;
So he hastens back again
To the forest old and dim.
Through his head strange fancieS run; !
For he cannot comprehend
Why the moon, and then the sun,
Up the heavens should aScend,-
When the old and quiet Night,
With its shadows dark and deep,
And the hali.revealing light
OF its stars, he'd ever keep.
And he hooteth loud and long,
But the Eagle greetS the Day,
And on pinionS bold and strong
Like Reused Thought sweeps ava,
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Two DOLLARS per daHam, II Pdid IN az
rance; Two DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS /
paid wHhm sir months; and THRrE Dol
LARS ifdelayed until he end qfthc gear
Advertisements inserted at 81 per Squire
for the first insertion, and p cents Tor each
subsequent insertion. 4 HbrrGi discount al
iowed 10 those rho advertise by The gear.
T7eNo popcr discontinued until all ar
redrdges are paid, unless at the option Of the
publishers.
T T. Communications, 10 insure attention,
must dI,cdys be free Of postage, and accom-
patird ,riih me authors name.
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DIR. J. PEARSON,

Physician, Surgeon Il Dentist OHamd, III.
Oilers his professional services 10 the nhabl-
ants of Ottawa aud Vicinity. Office at his resi-
dencc on Columbus street.
p. S.--Dr. =. still continues to perform oper.
utons in all the various branches OF DgNrIsTuY.
Charges 10 correspond NTH the times
March II, lSl7.
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4 Moral for Young Ladics.--'Listen,'
said my uncle Toby, 'and You shall have a
moral and example. When the wasp now
in the window entered the room, you dew
at it with all kinds of violence. lwonder it
didn't sting every one Of You. Now, in ru-
trc, let wasp, when it comes have lis lit
tie bout, and make its little noise. Don't
stir muscle, don't stir lip, but be as quiet
as the statue of Venus or Diana, or anybody
of that sort, until the wasp seems inclined,
as at this moment, to settle. Then do as |
do now Whcraupon dipping the feather
end of the pen into the cruc, of salad oil. he
approached the wasp, and in the soitcSt and
tenderest manner possible, jus, oiled it upon
the body-the black and yellow like crcoms
waiscoat-whcn down it icll-turned upou
its back, and was dead in minute. .1herc,
girls said he, see what kindness and Ill
Tic oil does. Now, here's my moral and OK
ample. Whena husband comes home in an
llhumor, don't cry out and fly at him but