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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01
FALL Il WINTER DRY GOODS
TAYLOR e. HUTCHINSON are now 70

10
TAYLOR & HUTCHINSON are now re.
l. ceivng a very large and well selected stock
of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods. all
of which have been selected with much care. as
regards quality. and will be disposed of upon the
most accommodating terms. We name in mart
the following articles. viz:
10 pieces blk Gro de Rhine Silks very rich ustre
80 " rich plaid and striped do
is plain do very cheap
10 Brocade do
10 rich Paris painted Mouslaines
80 figured do
10 plaid do
10 all wool do plain colors
8 Lupin's Black do very superior
6 black Mantilla Silk Velvets
Lyons super do
20 black Alpaca and Canton Cloths
10 d" Bombazne and Talmese do
200 New style Prints
40 Ginghams
SO Bonnet Ribbons
20 Plain French Merinoes, all color.
Blue, pink, cherry. huff and gray Sacking Flannels
French worked Collars in every variety
Cambria, Swiss and and Dimity Bands
Thread, Bobbin. Swiss, Cambria & Lisle Edging
Green. blue and brown Berage and Tissue
Cambria, Swiss and Flad Muslins
Silk Frnges and Trimmings
Kid, Silk and Beaver Gloves .....
Ladies' black and cooed CIoaking Cloths in great
variety
$50 pieces rich Stella, Procha Cashmere, and Plaid
Shawls, Talmas, CIoaks, &c &c.
For Gentlemen.
Black and brown French Cloths
Black and Fancy Cassimeres
Silk Satin and Velvet Ves,ngs
Black and Fancy Cravats; Silk Scarfs
Silk and Linen Handkerchief
Kid, Buck, Silk and Berlin Gloves
Silk and Bingham Umbrellas; Collars, Stocks, &c
For Farmers and Planters.
so pieces "a and Ga Pulled Cloths
40 Z" Plaid Lnseys; 20 pieces blue Domestic
200 prs Servants Blankets; so prs red Blankets
Cling hams, Apron Checks, blue Denims
Mariners Shifting. &C.. &c.
For Housekeepers.
1914, ia, l2-4, bleacbed Sheetings
a., 90, Sd Pillow Case Cotton
200 pieces bleached Long Cloth
Ga, ga, lO-4 Damask Table Linen
g. TO- IL. 1874 {" Cloths
Is pieces best Irish Linens
Russia and Bird Eye Diaper
Linen and Huckaback Towelling
! so pieces white. red and yellow Flannels
Welsh and Shaker Flannel of superior quality
. Curtain Musins. Damask Moreens So
Cashmeretts Piano and Table Covers +
Is pieces Brussels, Three-ply & Ingram Carpetine
Is I'd quality t.e;ia do do
Is Cotton List and Hemp do do
20 "A, GA ga. 1914. Floor Oil Cloths
SO, ga, a. Venetian Carpeting f-'@l Cos >-'
Table and Stair Oil Cloths III ~~
IL and 1874 Floor Druggetts, &C., &c.
Together with all the small wares usually KEEP
in our line. Our friends and dealers generally are
solicited to call and examine our stock before max
ing their purchases. ....-,... f.s
| TAYLOR Il HUTCHINSON.
i Ale1sndris, Oct. 4, 1888.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01
PUBLIC SALE.

PUBI.I OALE.
TINE undersigned will offer at public sale. at
Il her residence, 'WaterIoo," on TUESDAY
the 9th of NOVEMBER, Gf fair. if not, the next
fair day thereafter,) all of her
Horses, Oren. ConIe. Sheep. Hogs. Blade
Propendpr and Farming Utensils Of evp-
ry description; and all her Household
and Kitchen Furniture; also a Double
Carriage Nth SET Of Harness.
TERMS OF SALE: For all sums above ten dol
lars credit of six months will be given, the pur-
chaser giving bond with approved security, bear
ing interest from the day Of sale; for all sums Of
the above amount or under the cash will be re-
CURED.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock. A. NJ.
oct ll-3t JANE E. JOHNS.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01

rLOTHS, CAssIMEREs, VEsr1NG, DRILLING,
~ &c.-Blue, black and fancy coIored French
Cloths; plain, fancy and black Cassimeres; plaid,
PLAIN and striped coored Summer Cassimeres; silk,
buff cashmere and Marseiles Festings; plain white,
brown and fancy Drllings and Ducks; Cause I'm
der Shirts of very superior quality. All of which
will be sold as low or lower than they can be had
elsewhere, by VIM BOSWELL.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01

7 RISH Observation-Disclosures supr Irish Linen;
i Barclays do, together with several other supe-
rior makes;-also str ped Irish Linen. These goods
are warranted to be what they represented, and
will be sold low by VIM BOSWELL.
| an
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01
FOR RENT.

THE ensuing year. my FARM in Pomonkey,
Il called "MoUNr PLEASANT" adjoining Mr..
Pearson Chapmans. Persons wishing to rent
will apply to the subscriber residing near Mamie
moy Church. E. A. GRAY
nov 1T
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01

In the Circuit Court for Charles County,
sitting as a Court of Equity
49,. Elizabeth H. NJ Hodges
Margaret J. Hodges, and others.
ORDERED, that the sales made and reported
~ by John w. Mitchell and Frederick Stone,
Trustees in this cause, be and the same is hereby
ratified and confirmed unless cause to the contra
ry be shewn on or before the first Monday in De-
cember next; provided copy of this order be in
serted in the Port Tobacco Times newspaper once
in each of three successive weeks before said first
Monday in December next The report states
the amount of sales to be $500.
True copy-Test,
oct 10 JOSEPH STEWART, Clerk.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01

nLOWS s. CASTINGS-We would call the
L attention of Farmers to our large stock of
Stocked Flows and Castings consisting Of
Minor & Horton Plows, Nos 10 s. 10 l-2
Sinclair s. Moore do Nos s. 9
Davis do Nos = 4 y
Hillside Plows-together with general as
sortment of Mould Boards, Points, Heels and
Screws, all Of which will be sold as low as they
can be purchased in the county or out oft. p
feb II DAY & PADGETT.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01
TAKE NOTICE.

WE forewarn all persons from hunting with
w dog or gun on our Farm, in Pomonkey
Neck, we will enforce the law against all often
ders. MONROE & BROTHER.
nov 1T.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01

GADDLERY.-Justr received lot ofsuperior
- Saddles, Whips, riding and carriage Brides,
Heads and Rims, Martngales, Stirrup Leathers,
and mule Collars, Blind Brides, Halters, Plough
Hames and Plough Bits. For sale by
oct % DAY 4 PADGETT.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01
CLOCKS & WATCHES REPAIRED.

THE subscriber has located himself in Port
Il Tobacco, where he offers his services to re-
pair Clocks and Watches at the shortest notice.
and he will warrant them to keep correct time
Tor twelve months. He will keep for sale some
fine JEWELRY and WATCHES, to which he
respectfully invites attention.
He now offers lot Of fine JEWELRY, lust re-
ccived, CHEAP FOR CASH. --
sep6 JULIUS QUENSEL.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01

CHOES.-A very pretty assortment of Dress
~ and Walking Shoes for ladies and gen, lemen,
Just received and for sale by
oct4 c. W. BARNES.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01
FOR RENT.

VTNHE FARM on which reside is for rent the
Il ensuing year. For terms, apply to the SUBJ
scriber.
au eff C. GRAHAM BROWN
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01
NOTICE..

THE undersigned forbid all persons from tres
i passing upon either Of their Farms, with or
without dog gun. The law will be enforced
against those who disregard this notice.
JOHN HAMILTON,
oct 1876 w. T. BRENT
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01

"ARDWARE-K Knob Locks and Latches, min
LII eraf and brass knob; Stock Locks from 6 to
l2 inch; Pad and Screw Locks; Chisefs, Augers.
Hand Saws, Hatchets. Spades, Shovels and Forks,
Wedding Hoes, Mes 2, 8, 4 and S; Planes, Brads,
Hinges. &c. For sale by
ap26 WIN BOSWELL. \
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE

PElNG DESTROYS to remove from the county,
ID | offer for sale the FARM on which now
reside. 1t lies in Charles county, upon Zak,ah
Swamp. adjoining the lands Of Mr.. N. V. Miles
and Hon: ). G. Chapman, Immediately on the
main road leading from Port Tobacco to Centre
vile, and contains
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01

T AIDES DRESS GOODS, &C.
IL G. K. WILMER, BROS. & CO.,
Have just received a beautiful assortment Of very
rich and elegant -...
More Antique and Ombre Silks
Plain and Striped Chene do
White and Pink do, for evening dresses
Rept. and Go de National
Very superior rich lustred Black
Plain and Plaid French Merino
Very rich Printed French De Lanes
A large assortment of Bomhazines; Alpacas;
Tibet Cloths and DE Beges; Stella and Cashmere
ShawIs; Thbet and Blanket do, and would respect.
fully invite an examination Of the same by their
friends and the public generally.
Alexandria, Va, Oct IL, 1855.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01

HATS & CAPS.-A general assortment o
L IL fashionable Hats and Caps for gentlemen ant
boys. just received and for sale by
oct4 c. w. BARNES.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01
NOTICE..


WILLIAM BOSWELL invites the attention
w of buyers generally to his stock Of New
Fall Goods.
Port Tobacco, Nov. l, 1856.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01

rHEWING TOBACCO & CIGARS-A yer,
- superior article Of Chewing Tobacco and CT
gars, just received and for sale by
oct a G.. w. BARNES.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01
42O ACRES.


more or less. This Land is in high state of i'm
Provement, producing kindly all the staple crops
Of the county, and has upon it an abundance of
TIMBER and FUEL, consisting of Oak, Chest
nut. Pine, Cedar. &c. A large portion of the
woodland is IN the swamp-sufficient for the farm
without interfering with the upland support for a
number Of years. There is an outlet in the swamp
nearly ali drained and the soil inexhaustible.-
The fields are well laid off and large and in each of
them is an abundance of water from never-failing
springs and streams. Clover and plaster acts up
on the soil like charm. The Improvements are
Ia large and well finished DWELLING,
fTTSTf nearly new, with every necessary OUT
E!lW- BUILDING. The location is very heal
thy, and is one among the most beautiful and COM
handing sites in the county. This Farm is situa-
ted very convenient to market, being about miles
from Newport and Aliens Fresh, and from
Port Tobacco. As gentlemen wishing to purchase
will examine the premises for themselves, deem
any further description unnecessary. 1t will give
me great pleasure to show the premises to any
person desiring to purchase.
For terms and other particulars apply to me.
EDWARD L. GARDINER.
Sep. 6, 1S55-tf ".+
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01

T YON'S KATHARION, a most admirable
tfyng tho hair, for sale by VIM. BOSWELL
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01

A FULL stock of Drugs, Medicines, Paints
IN Oils, Dyestuffs, &C., suitable for merchants
and dealers generally. For sale by
,a3a7a PEEL & STEVENS, Wholesale
Druggists, 80 King street, Alexandra, Va.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01

CROCERIES-As supply of fresh Groceries JUS
" received and for sale by
oct w. BARNES.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01
NOTICE.

rAME ESTRAY upon the premises of the sub
Oscrber. in August 1853, a YOUNG HEIFER
marked with crop in the right and slit in the
left ear. The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges and take it
away. }. WARE.
Brentfeld, Oct IS, 1856
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01
NEW FALL GOODS.

nAY s. PADGETT have just received por-
IL ton Of their Fall Stock Of Good, which they
invite customers to call and examine.
sep. l3.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01

have lot of ready-mad.
~ Clothing for summer wear, for sale
ap26 S. M. PADGETT & co.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-04-07

NOVEL MoDE or APPOINTING 4 CApEr.--
The New York Herald thus speaks Of new
and excellent mode of appointing cadet for
the Military Academy:
''By law of congress each member OF
that body has the right, in rotation, to nom
mate whom nc chooses to fill a vacancy,
when it occurs, in the Military Academy at
West Point The Hon. Hiram Walbridge
lately exercised this right and it seems that
he has adopted novel and popular method
Of complying with the requisitions of the
law. Instead Of comforting the appointment
on one of his friends or partisans, as is usu-
ally done, he displayed q magnamimity be-
yond all previous precedent, and gave it to
that student in the New York Free Acadc.
my whom his fellow student might select
The students chose Walter Mcfarland, Of
the freshmen class--a youth who has main
taincd high rank as q scholar, though he
has been obliged to give private instructions
to support himself and his widowed mother.
We understand that on tho recommendation
Of Mr.. Walbridge the appointment has been
confirmed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-04-07

A REMARKABLE PROPHECY In the tenth
century, prophecy was current in Constan
tinoble, credited by the vulgar, that the Rus
slams, in the last days, would become mast.
crs, of the city 1t was snid to have been
inscribed secretly, by an unknown hand, on
an equestrian bronze statue, situated in a
public square Of the city called Taurus.
The prophecy itself, is an unquestionablc
fact. 1t is asserted by Gibbon, on the au-
thority of several ancient authors--Nicatus,
Choniates, Codnus, &c. .
Would it not be remarkable if the prophc.
tic character claimed for the inscription
should be confirmed, after the lapse of nine
centuries, by the events Of the present war
in the Easty
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-04-07

LAW OF UMBRELLAs.-Sec. |. II you arc
away from home, and caught suddenly in a
shower, and you see an umbrella standing
in some corner, for which there appears to be
no owner, and being in much need Of it, to
save you from wet jacket, it sans ceremo'
ME.
Section lT.-If you have cotton umbrel'
Ia, and in your haste to get away, or be.
cause the lights in the hall arc dim, exchange
1t for neat silk umbrella.
Section lIl.--If, in stress Of weather, you
borrow one from an obliging friend who in.
sists on your taking II, do not impress it on
your recollection to restore 1t to him tho next
day.
Section 1v.--If you find stray ono in
your house, which has been accidentally left,
give It house room, without making any ef.
fort to find the bercavcd owner.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-04-07

GOVERNMENT LANDS ALONG THE ILLINOIS GEN.
TRIAL RAMRoAD.-Thc Company's Board in
this City have inst received from Government
official sources a list of Public Lands still sub
ject TO entry within six and fifteen miles Of
their road, at one dollar and twenty-five
cents and two dollars and fifty cents the acre,
and the result ii very much below the gene
raj estmantion which had been formed Of
the Government competition along the line
of the work. In the Chicago Land District
there are no Publ. Lands now subject to
entry, within fifteen miles of the road, and
the whole amount in the Shwncctown, Dan
vile, Kaskaskia, Vandalia and Dixon Dis.
tricts is 276, 405 acres, or l2 Townships, sub
.ject to public entry, within fifteen miles at
two dollars and fifty cents, and seventy five
thousand, three hundred and two acres with
in fifteen miles at one dollar and twenty five
cents the acre. This being the immediate
competition Of the Government along a line
ofseven hundred and four miles, as against
1886, 900 belonging to the Company Of
Land Scheme of the enterprise certainly as
sumcs more favorable view than in the
light which it has heretofore been held by
many persons, who doubted the feasibility OF
realizing high prices while the alternative sec
tons were subject to common entry at very
low dues. ltis evident that private spccu.
lators, as well as settlers, have been very
busy within year or two, since the road was
laid out, in locating Land Warrants, and in
making entries on Government tcrms.--N
Y. Times. March 3lst.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-04-07

ERRORS OF THE PREss--A collection Of er.
rors Of the press Of the malignant type wo'd
be among the curosities Of literature
Bayle records several curious specimens -
In the loyal Courier Of former days it ap.
pearcd that his Majesty George ". had a
lit Of the goat at Brighton. We have seen
advertised sermon, by celebrated divine,
ON the immortality Of the Soul, and also the
Lies Of the Poets, which should be very
comprehensive publication. The vicinity of
lives and lies is indeed most dangerous, n
single letter more or less making lie Of a
life, or life Of lie. Glory, too, is liable
to the same mischance, the dropping Of the
liquid making it all CORY. What is treason,
asked a wag, but reason to a ? which an
accident OF the press may displace with the
most awkward effect Imagine an historical
character impeached for reason, or reasona-
Bile practices. Misprints are no doubt redu.
chile to laws, and this is certain, that they
always fall upon the tendercst part Of an
authors writing, and where is vital mean
ing to be destroyed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-04-07

GoiSG THE RouNDs.--A Boston paper says,
Rufus Choate, the eminent lawyer, was re.
Gently questioning a witness in one Of the
courts when he asked what p, ofession he fol
lowed for livelihood? The witness rcplcd
81 ANA candle of the Lord-a minister
of the Gospel "Of what denomination? p
asked the Councillor. "A Baptist" replied
the witness. "Then," said Mr.. Choatc, "yor
are dipt, out trust not wicked candle
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-04-07

HIS IKE HAD CoME.-A few years ago
two men of great physical strength were
elected to the legislature in one Of our west
ern States The one an excitable lawyer,
the other blacksmith, but unfortunately q
little deaf. The latter was very troublesome
to his friends His name commenced with
q letter A. He frequently voted wrong.
BY arrangement with the clerk his name was
put down second in the list, and being q
regular he submitted, and voted invariably
with the leader that had been made thus un.
tremendously to outrank him.
One day his athletic friend and brothe,
legislator, the lawyer, got into an exciting
political debate--thc lie was passed, and in
moment the lawyer had his coat Of
ready TO fight. This unlegslative attitude
paralyxed, for Q moment, the House, which
had become proverbial for order and decor
um. Directly, however, every persons at
tention was drawn to the gigantic blacksmith
who rushing up to his comradc, exclaimed
pointing towards the other side Of tn,
House "You take the back seat, and
will take the front. can't legislatc, but
can tishtlikc h"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-04-07
Astronomical Discovery.

The universally accredited theory, that
the Moon is uninhabitable because she has no
atmosphere, has received, from recent dis.
covery, blow that will unscttle 1t, at least.
That the Moon, AZ far as We have yet been
able to examine, has no atmosphere, at least
none Of sufficient density to conform to our
optical laws and the amends Of our animal
life known to us, Is unQuestionable. But
this can be positively affirmed OF only one
side ofour satellite; for, as will be relnem-
bcred, although she revolves upon her axis,
she constantly presents but one side to the
earth. Now il has been discovered by cal
culation, and demonstrated as a gcOmetrical
fact, that the Moons centre Of form is eight
miles nearer to US than her centre of gravity,
through which, Of course, her axis ofrevolu.
ton must pass; or in other words, this side
tho Noon Is siztesn miles higher than tie
other eide. II, therefore, We suppose that
the Moon has an atmosphere such as ours,
it would be Of such extreme rarity on the
only side exposed TO our observation, that
for optical effect and animal life it might a.
well not exist. For mountains upon the
Earth, none of which are over five miles
above the level Of the sen, have been ascend
ed to height at which life could not be sup
ported for any length Of time, and still noun
tains have stretched above the painting tray.
eler. What then must be atmosphere at
four times such an elevation ?-the conclu-
sion seems inevitable that, although the
higher side Of the Moon is uninhabitnbc for
want Of an atmosphere, the remote side may
be perfectly adapted to animal life. II is at
least certain that the mere want Of an atmos-
pherc perceptible to US, is no longer conclu.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-04-07

Low NEcKED DRESSES The Washington
correspondent Of the New York Times is
perfectly shocked, it seems, at the low neckcd
dresses OF the bellies when they are supposed
to be in full costume. The correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Pennsyiranian, from the
same city, says however, IL were a hus-
band or father, or both, | might SO far
syrnpathze with the scribe of the 7Tn,ts as
to enter feeble protest against the prevail
ing mode; but being only an unaccompanied
stray bachelor in this wicked, weary world
am willing to admit, sinner as an. . a
penchant for dresses cut short at both ends
Besides, the fashion is always accompanied
with the tender and holy associations of in
fancy. As the countryman said when asked
after leaving one Of the presidential icyces,
If he had ever seen such sight before p
" No. was the empeatic reply, :" not sines
ras ueaned."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-04-07

A BROAD HISr.-A spruce young man
gallanting his intended, conversing on the
turnout, said; He wished he was able to
maintain all the factory girls for six months.
lie would do it to prevent their returning to
the mills" His fair one. who had been q
silent listener to his patriotic speech, replied
with Il sigh, All sir, wish you were able
to maintain one ofthcm."