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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-02-18

Thursday Morning, February Is, 1865
BILL TO REGULATE THE MANUMIS-
SION OF. SLAVES
PORT TOBACCO, MD.

BILL TO REGULATE THE MANUMIS-
SION OF SLAVES.
We are indebted to Mr.. BELT, from Prince
Georges county, for copy Of this bill, reported
by him in the House of Delegates on the 9th
inst. The first section of the bill enacts that it
shall not be lawful hereafter to manumit, set
free or release from servitude any negro slave or
slaves, unless said slave or slaves shall remove
out of the State, before or at the expiration of
six months from the time such manumission
shall take effect. Section second enacts, that in
all cases the manumission, whether by deed or
devise or otherwise, shall be null and void, un-
less the negro or negroes shall so remove. In
case they shall not remove out of the limits CT
the State, within the time specified. section
third enacts that then the said negro slave or
slaves shall be the property of the heirs at law
OF the parties making the manumission, if such
parties &c deceased; and if alive then the slaves
ssnlall be the property of those who would at the
time be the legal heirs of the parties who had
manumitted. Section fourth enacts that if ne
groes who may hereafter be manumitted and
shall have left the State as required by the first
section, and shall again RETURN they shall be-
come the property Of the legal heirs OF the par
ner provided in the third section of this act
Section fifth enacts that the six months men,
toned in this act, shall be computed to begin
and run from the time fixed by law for the final
settlement of the estate of the testator There
are two other sections, which provide that this
act shall not apply to the manumission made in
any deed or last will and testament executed
before the passage of this act; and that this act
shall take effect from its passage
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-02-18
B@- Godey's Lady's Book for March com

1@G odey's Lady's Book for March comes
to us with rich and varied collection within
it's pages of literary and artistic matter. 'sThe
Mothers Blessing" is a most beautiful engrav-
ing and embelishes this number, which also is
illustrated by numerous fashion plates, patterns,
&c, =. -4t.e 80 ,esa
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-02-18

B@The new code for the District of Column
bia which was voted for on Monday, was re
sjected by an overwhelming majority.
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The LATE FOREIGN NEws.-The detailed

The LATE FOREIGN NEws-The detailed
summary of news by the steamer Niagara pre-
sents several matters of interest. Parliament
was to have assembled on the 4th inst. The
Bank of England had reduced its rate of dis
count to four per cent, and further reduction
was anticipated. Later dispatches from India
had been received, but the news was of little
Importance. No fresh outbreaks had taken
place, but several regiments hitherto loyal were
suspected. Mr.. Commissioner Yek, having re-
turned can insolent answer" to the utimatum
of the French and English, speedy attack up
on Canton was contemplated. Mr.. Reed, the
American ambassador, had vainly solicited an
interview within the city, which Yek was will
ing to give him outside of the walls The
Christians in Cochin China were being persecut-
ed violently, and the country was in a state of
the greatest confusion
The congratulary addresses from the army to
Louis Napoleon were worded so strongly that
even the Moniteur does not print them in full.
Some of the regiments call violently for leave
ito pursue the conspirators to their haunts.'-
A decree, announcing the intention of the Coy
eminent to put stop to religious controversy
in the columns Of the French press, had been
published in the Moaiteuy. The five new Mar
shals in command Of the army of the Seine had
been selected. The French Foreign Ministers
are reported to have demanded of the British,
Belgian, Swiss and Sandman Governments the
adoption Of certain measures to prevent further
attempts to assassinate the Emperor. Accord
ing to despatch from Naples. the famous bas-
so Lablache, premature report of whose de-
cease some time since brought out notices of his
life in the American journals, died on the 2sd
ult. A plot against the life of the King Of Ma
pies, said to have been concocted by Frenchmen,
had been discovered. Rumors of other conspi-
racies in Italy were current Russia has it in
contemplation, it is said, to restore the marine
stations on the Circassian coast, and to build
anew Sevastopol. Serious disturbances had
broken out in Bosnia.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-02-18

H6F The Alexandra Corn Exchange, has
been compelled to abandon the purchase of corn
by weight, and to close in with the old fashion
of buying by measure.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-02-18

STRAwBERR1Es.-Thee editor of the Charleston
Courier was presented with mess of fine ripe
strawberries on Thursday last. They We're
grown in the open air, near that city, and at
ford another proof Of the mildness of the season.
Ten CENTS A DAY.-The City Council Of
Alexandra, Va, has passed law to hire out
free negroes who may be in arrears for taxes
and have no available property, at not less than
ten cents a day, until such claim be satisfied.
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AN INTERESTING DEc1s1oN.-The Sun states
that sometime in November last, after the sus-
pension Of specie payments by the banks, Samuel
Harris presented two SIS bills of the Bank OF
Commerce at their counter and demanded spe-
Gle for them. They refused to pay it and the
notes were duly protested, and suit being insti-
tuted before Justice Mearis to recover, he gave
Judgment against the bank in both cases. The
bank appealed to the Court of Common Pleas,
and the case was tried before a jury on Satur-
day. The bank urged that they were not legal
ly liable to pay the protest $2 on each note,) but
the jury rendered a verdict for appellee in both
cases, thus affirming the judgments of the magis-
trate. Counsel for the appellants filed motions
in arrest Of judgments, which remain to be dis
posed Of
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-02-18

The PARTY.-We understand the Party which
came off at the ssIndian King" on Monday night
was very numerously attended. The company
was very agreeable one, and the more youth
full portion of it kept up the dance all night and
until broad daylight. The Party was again open
ed Tuesday night, free for all, when anothe,
pleasant company of ladies and gentleman as
sembled, and passed the brief hours till mid.
night in the most agreeable manner.
The provision made by "mine host" for the
qualification of the elmer man" was liberal ano
well calculated to satisfy the most fastidious
epicure and if some were not satisfied it was
probably owing to some mismanagement OF
pardonable oversight, but certainly not from lack
of care on the part of the chief manager to pro
vide most ample supply of good things for all
present.
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Webb mrs Lucy
Watkins mrs Bette
Wyatt mrs Lousinds n 3
Waldrop mrs Susan =
Wellington mrs susan Il
Williamson mrs N J
Waiteford mrs Virginia
White mrs Virginia 3
West mrs Leonora
Wood mrs Sarah A
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IHsAaeoM nanbse Of the "yirginia Historical
Nseissss sow, ushappiiy, thing 81 the Pas. : 10
relSlv43svs email pamphiet entitled "a New
Descrtptioa Of Virginia" written 10 le&s ard pub.
lished n Londen 10 l6a9, Of which there is q
prids Il sAs library Of the virginia Historical So
ctety. In this pamphlet occurs the following re.
sDa& 10 h veil known that cur English plansa-
tions hsse had little couutsnance, nay, that our
ssAtssnsn had store OF Gondemore's gold (uonde-
moro vss the Spsnish minister at the court Of
james The ffrst.) 70 destroy aud circumference
the pasntatioa Of Virginia, and he Effected IL In
greaA paft BY dissolsing the Company, wherein
most Of the nobility, geary, corporate cities, aud
mose DsrchsuB Of Eugland we're Interested and
Engaged; sfter che sxpeuse OF some hundreds Of
thouGands Of pounds; for Gondemore did affirm to
HE Srisods sbas he had com mission from hts
ter tfhs King Of epain) to destroy that plan
For, said be, should they thrive and 60 incfess
Ing - they have done, under tsst popular Lord Of
Southampton, MY asassr's West Indies and III,
Aeriso scosh shortly Be eisited BY sea and BY land
iron those planters tn rirginsa."
THIS remarkstie proof Of Count Gondemore's 50.
gaeisy, uttered about two hundred years ago, is
worthy The atseaton OF the London Times, and
other English journals, which have manifested
such commendabls soiicitade for the absorption Of
Mexico and Cuba BY the United States They will
SEQ that they are backed BY something which reads
almost like prophecy, and one part of which was
verified whom Mexico was visited by thvse sons
Of Virginia planters, Taylor and Scott. Bat the
word "vist," - used by the Spanish miaister, has
undoabtsdly moro comprehensive import than is
found inths Mexican war. We can only regard
the prediction Of the farsighted statesman CON-
plstety fulfilled, when the United States the larger
part pf which vas once embraced under the term
"virssnia, SHALL aftss long delay reciprocats the
efforts Of Spain to destroy this plantation" by
planting the stars ADD stripes permanently In Cuba
and MAxico
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
FOR TUE aDvsPATCH."



Nrw YoRK, Sept 1.-THE following are adot
tionaI items Of Foreign news by the Persia:
The whoie Of the brtifcations at Shoreness,
Eng. are to be reconstructed, and mounted WIN
gnns Of the heaviest calibre.
The sultan has thrown the Mutt OF Consfanti-
noplefnto prison. for fsrmenting discord between
the MusseImen and Christians.
Lord RedcI,ffs goes to Consfantinople ON con-
fdentisl mission.
Threats Of death to Christians were made at
Tripoli. 1T,
A meeting had occurred on the American snip
C,nqoerer, lying in the Mersey, bouni for Mobile,
Seventeen negroes. armed themselves and refused
10 work The IT, g. Consul and posse OF police M.
rested and placed them 10 irons No blood was
shed. -.
BY the recent treaty with China, the Unifea
States obtained very important commercial anc
diplomatic copces yions from the Emperor
Serious fighting between tho Allies and Chinese
had taken place at Canton. Tho Allies comman'
ded both banks Of the river and burned portion
of the city.
the United States, to forward the French Suez Ca
nal project.
The Gar of Russia had emsncipated immense
number Of serfs attached to the Royal Domains.
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~ FALL 1858.
MAGNIFICENT SUPPLY.

Z. R PRIgs G are crewding their warerooms
WITH everything that r. new ~legsnt and sitractass
GOODS.
full aud we'll assorted being allowed to run down
ut No season. however dull. % that strangers and
others may ALWAYS come. With the full assurance Of
finding every novelty that tho European q our own
In extent selection. variety and price. they are
Of the NssthMinaeed rather invite It. and viii with
great conf Hence, the present Autumn invite both
whole and retail buyers 70 give them the benefit
the critical that they bring both skill and
trrprise into requisition In making up their sup
The limits Of an advertisement will not allow any
euumeration-they will therefore name only . few
Of E shs1s siua SIX Robe. ouuee.
u, E &c e e g., e; a. |: a sssss
Rich Valencia Robes, . Ia Priucass
Splendid Corded Silk Brady mere
Do Toile DO Nouce
English. Scotch and American De LANES
MEETINGS. H Hes1RSits fi G;EsPeAsTmENr.
Black Cashmeres. Merinos, Bombaziues. Mouse
Inns. Canton Cloths. Tarnce: Ldstrine Wells Hdkfs,
&C. and EMIyRofbsRY sf
Ms M Ss ss Mus s ,s sss
Linen Sets; Misses Camb. and Mus. Sets in varie
ty, &c. &c.
And coming ia daily Shawls of every description
Velvet and Cloth Cloaks. with all the newest wrap
pings imported.
CURTAIN GOODS.
Muslin aod Lace Curtains, Sat Damask. Broca,
te'les Union Damask. Tassels Gimps, Friuges. Cor
nice &c.
FTJRS of every kind worn in cur climate.
NEGRO DEPARTMENT AND HOUSEKEEPING
GOODS.
Linen and cotton Sheetipgs, Table Dsmasks, Tow
elings. Diapers, Huckabacks. Bed Blankets, Crib
Blankets. Dimitys, white and gray Blankets, 81
Pulled Cloths, Sleeps Gray ssttinetfs, Keraeys
Plaid Lioseys, Plaid Cottons, oznaeurgs, Fiannels
Kentucky Plains, Georgia Plains. &C. dc.
In this last heavy goods department.. 20 full and
crowded are they, that in order to make room f'r
ather goods new on the wav. they will close Gu,
tui ers and others at a bare commission upon the
cost
se film 7 PRlCE W.
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ePECIAL NOTICE >.

- To lMMraH MIS-. CAPfTALisrs AND
tJrHERs. far for sale, to individuals ccmpa-
niss. 10 whole. or for lease to inmisrsnss Gu iva
ihousand acres Of LAND, Ia York equity, including
scvers hosnests ads with water front Of two miles
tending inland he same di.tss cs Much Of the
Land In In woods Of various kinds suitable ior mar
get and or building enaIssupss ana osnsr improse
On The premists. and nisri sea weed, muck and In.
dian beds Of oyster shell manures. In great album
,nce, at hand to Improve IL. mArsh aud creek
OF hundred acres in the csrtrs. capable Of easy
excavation for a laad locked harbor to empty into
fns ~
fowl. and summer and winter fish OF every kind
There also the river shore and the low lands
afijonog the heights. many situations = building
dry dicks, ship yards. RAILWAYS and other estab
lishments, and a wharf where the Great Eastern
three deck, at one and the same time. by railways
to be erected. three story platforms. leading TO
the hills thirty feet high only sfw yards ds1ans
twenty horse power steam saw and grst mill, and
on hand ten horse power steam boiler and ma
chinery for making bricks from clay and sand near
BY snndry houses and lots ia the Village. suitable
for dwellings, stores and tsyerns and within three
miles. on level read. tract Of four huadred acres
of WOOD LAND, Together with a few valuable
House Servants Mechanics aud Laborers
The Richmond and York River Railroad above.
(now being flushed to the Pamuukey river. wht n
done,) will bring Richmond and Yorktown to within
two hours travel OF each other. STEAMBOATS, from
Norfolk now reach here in three hours. and others
from Baltimore in twenty hours When the Missls-
-ippi and Pacific Railroad shall be in operation,
Yorktown will be the great commercial, Importing
aud exporting city Of the couetry. Travellers and
merchandise will be arriving f.oCl India and the
Red and Mediterranean seas, and departing fQr me
Western waters, st Louis san Francisco and the
seas, to Japan and China. The harbor at Yorktow
has a depth of over eighty feet of water, and the
river with not less than thrtythree feet on the bar
at its mouth is ever Instructed by ice. 1t is only
zen miles from Chesapeake bay, and thirty miles
more. in a direct line, TO the Atlantic Ocean There
is no better situation than th, for the
of profitable mercantile business, on large scale.
taking produce in exchange. and for the operation
OF hotel that would provide the best accommods-
lions for travellers and visitors in the
want for the percent aud for future years. some
active sober MEN, to attend to my business at his
psace-such used to farming, seine h1uilng,
milling, wood-cutting and other labors
ROBERT ANDERSON.
Yorktown SAINT 1854 IS-ltr
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Philadelphia and New York Har-

The Philadelphia papers insist that their waters
arc not only adapted to vessels Of as large bur-
then a. New York, but larger. Tney refer with
justaable pride the fact that the Penns yivania
she largest sailing ship in the American Navy,
built and launched At Philadelphia, and sailed ont
Of the port without any difficulty; that the
Wabash and other frst-ciass, heavily armed steam
frigates, drawing from twenty to twenty-five feet
OF water, have often como in and ont Of their
river; that Liverpool packets, with full cargoes,
drawing quite Is much water, make regular trips
TO and from their wharves, and never experience
any delay from want Of water. About lhroe or
tonr pears ago, the large ship Cathedral, since lost
lefs tho Cnincha Islands, with heavy load of
guano, bound to New Yorx. On arriving off New
York, the Captain found that he could not get iuo
the harbor, - his ship drew twenty-five aud u half
feet. He knew Inc nature OF the Delaware, and
that there was plenty of water there so he put
his ship about and, without any delay difficulty,
the ship Cathedral, which could not get into New
York. came up the Delaware and landed her cargo
at the h,rves Of philadelpha. This speaks we'll
for the commercial capacity Of the stald aud III.
pretending Quaker city.
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THI CoMI1.-Iho comet is now visible ju the
North West quarter Of the heavens. 1t NAV be
readily found by diresting the eye, about fifteen
minutes past bsvrn, on any Clear evening, to "a.
Northwestern horizon, and ranging with the two
stars kucwn As Shs Pointers-tne comet being
about Tar to the lett OF tbs Pointers as tie Nvrth
s,ag 10 to their right, Viewed through the tels,
cope, 1t exhibits distinct nucleus aud tolerab,v
we'll dehned tail. The Comet 10 becoming brighle,
nightly, but It's briiiancy will Soon DO mater,ai,
diminished by the moon. In consequence a, =
sio~iiness of motion, ills period Ut visibility wi, a
very great. 1t has already been visible ,brouan
telescope neHrly two months and half: and !, I'll,
prUD~Liy remain in sight for considerable lent,
Of tiiRe jet. lhs head, or star of the com., o.,
pears about equal to star Of the seco,d p.,,,i-
tude; and a. 1t has nos yet reached the n,;ha,in,
Vhss point nearest 10 the sum Of its orbit IL WIN
YET Dc considerably brighter, and present s,,.,
did appearance. The longitude of the perib.,,,,
Oh THIS comet 10 ab.ut 80 degrees, and of the IA.
rending hode about loo degrees The i,c,;,o,,or
h about ao,oOOooo miles, Or little greater than
the n1saa distance of Mercury from the SIM H.,
motion Is ietrogrsde, so that its apparent mo,io,
Is IRON right TO left, as at this tine TIL.
ioey INC Comet when at its periheiion, will TO
ABOUT ioo'Voo miles per hour. Its distance from
Inc Aassn ~ THIS time, roughly estimated is abost
&,oooooo niies Its tail is at least 5000 900 me.
IN ength. As The comet 10 quite near the boriuo,
shose Wishing " sse 1t advsnrag should make
their observations from An elevated stand min, :
u can also be seen about four O'Clock in th, mor,
ing, appearing more brilliantly than ouripy tbs
evening. sp.essef
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CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. 16.-The Courier has
learned from passenger by the steamship Cataw'
ba that the Dutch Coolie ship which arrived at
Havana on the 5th instant, brought information
that the brig ST. Andrew, formerly OF Charleston,
was captured early in June on the African coast
by British steamer under the suspicion that she
was to be employed 10 the slave trade. She aud
her crew we're taken to st. Helena fIr trial. Inc
Courier is under the impression that the st. An
drew was sold to parties in Cuba, and that they
we're no doubt her owners on this voyvge.
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~ New GooDs.-
BREEDEN a. FOX,

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
DRY GOODS,
Are now receiving and offer to their city and coun
try friends, very large. cheap and choice selec-
ton of
NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
In Ladies' Dress Fabrics, they have splendid as
sortmenE, TO which particular attention is called.
say
Paid and Striped vALENCIAS
pOIt,E DE CHEVRE
Deiaine kORES. a Les
Silk do do
Bayadere STRIPES
Rich Plaid do.
Housekeeping and Plantation Goods, in great
variety.
All of which will be offered to the wholesale and
retail trade, great bargain
Sc 1910. 27 BROAD STREET.
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Whereas a paper, purporting to be a petition of
twenty eight citizens OF the City of Richmond, was
presented to the City Council, on the 18th Gay of
September. representing, IN v.ry grave terms the
improper mann cement of the Poor Hcuse and
Whereas, the board of Overseers being wholly ig
norant Of the abuses complained of, are desirous,
without delay to correct said abuses, if found to ex
st, as far rs may be in their power Therefore,
Resolved. That fer the purpose of ascertaning the
truth fasity of the charges set forth IN the petit
at the Poor House, on SATURDAY, the 18th. FRI
DAY the 24th and SATURDAY the 25th instant, at
to o'clock P. NJ, at which time any all Of the
petitioners, and any other person or persons, in
formed in The matter of said petition. respectful
Iy and urgently requested to attend, and give the
Board such Information as will enable them to act
advisediy in the premises Sc 1876
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apparatus cS pressiy Ior u at purpose.
H.FAIRBANK's scALEs.-A uniform standard of
Weights and correct system of weighing. are sub
jects claiming the attention of every individual in
the community.
correct Scale is just orbitsr between buyer and
seller and it is Of the utmost Importance that an n-
strumen. universally called upon to decide ques-
lions Of great value in the daily aad hourly trass-
actions of business should be of suc reliability and
eractaesS as 10 the con dence Of all taose i0ho
may be affected by the results indtcdted and to obtain
such buy Fairbanks. which. for tine last twenty dive
years. has been fully tested, and universally &C
kuowledged superior to any other made. They can
only be had In Richmond Of CT ARKS0N, AMBER
son co, No LOG Main street. who are sole agents.
and will deliver at short notice
Weigh Lock Scales
abroad Tratk Scales
Railroad Depot Scales
Hay AMI Cattle Scales
and who keep constantly on hand
Wheat and Hopper Scales
Dormant Warehouse Scales
Rolling Mill tCales
Mheelbarrow ales
portable Platform Scales
Platform Counter Scales
Grocers' Scales
Even Balances, and
Drnggist ecaies Sc ll-dlm
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NAVAL NEWS, &c.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.-The following naval Or
ders have been made: Commander StedMan,t to com.
ruand the brig Dolphin on the Paraguay expedi-
ton; L. j. p Jones to bs inspector Of light houses
in charleston district; Surgeon Kelley to the Nor
folk Navy Yard; CorDeck TO be feet surgeon OF the
Home Squadron, and 1t. Lambert to the Cyane.
The rendezvous OF the Paraguay expedition 10
Bueuos Ayres.
TapIey W. Young, of Va, Is appointed consul to
Stutuart
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RHODE ISLAND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION

PROVIDENCE. Sept 15.-The Industrial Exhibition
here to-day, has been most successful. 1t has
been a general holiday, and crowds OF people have
come In from all the surrounding country. The
halls of the exhibition were full to overfowing
all day. The cattle show passed off very success
fully The number of horses on exhibition was
greater than on any former occasion. Some very
fine animals were on the ground. The stock OF
COWS and swine were also very good.
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Dusl.

4 duel took place near this city yesterday
morning between Messrs. o. JENNINGS WISE, Of the
En7strer, and snsREAaD CLkHxNs, representative
in Uongrsss from the Wheeling District. We 49,
sret 70 learn that Mr.. c. Was badly wounded ut
she fourth fire. The particula ., ~ far rs known,
or proper 10 mako public, will be found III the Lo-
eSi department OF this paper.