Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-07-04

their spirits still animated their descendants who
stood before me- ready to strike for their country,
whether invaded by foreign foes domestic trail
tors Those beautiful banners were given to the
breeze, presented by fair hands and l could not
but believe that resolution formed and fixed was
that day in each heart to exercise the privilege
dear to them, of defending and protecting,
ly the fair donors, but all the fair of the county
whenever occasion should require it. l trust you
will keep your companies organized, and we'll drill
ed, and always prepared for active service for
am pleased to say you have most capable and zeal
Gus officers; and for men you could not have a
better material. / shall urge upon the Adjutant
General the presentation of your soon as
possible Very truly and respectfully,
Your friend and servant,
w. MITCHELL.
RD After many changes from cold to hot and
from hot to cold, the weather has at length set
tied down into good, old-fashoned Summer
spell. Old Sol has asserted his supremacy, and
his power if not his authority is felt and &C
knowledged by all. His sway, ''from morn till
dewy eve" is undisputed and his power abso-
lute But when the sun has sunk beneath the
western horizon-or, more properly speaking
for our location, behind the western his,-and
twilight approaches, we love to sit before our
door, enjoying the soft evening breeze just sufi-
GENTLY active to lift stray lock of hair and cool
our brow; we love to mediate, for of all sea-
sons this to us is the most delightful. The STILL
calm season Of evening, when lingering day
seems struggling with night, as though loath to
part with man when the toll of the day is over
before us and our otherself has joined the family
circle on the green; when all is silent, save the
merry laugh of the dear little ones and the chirp
ing cricket in the grass, we love to dwell upon
the kindness and protection of Divine Providence
and thank him for the manifold blessings SO
abundantly bestowed upon us, undeserying as
we are, and petition, silently, yet from the heart
earnestly, for continuance of His blessings and
! We were thus engaged the other evening,
when our meditations were disturbed, our peace
and quiet broken in upon, by the appearance of
a visitor whose advent was announced by his
siren song. Though the first of the season, yet
SO well do we of this vicinity know the habits of
his race, that we could no longer enjoy our quiet
season of reflection. Visions of sleepless nights,
of pricking' pain and deep depletion swept be-
fore us as we listened to the steady twee-ee-u-ee
of the first nsusquito, who, with his kindred,
should annoy us till the coming of autumnal
| frosts. We are by no means vicious, nor is the
organ of destructiveness large in our Uranium,
yet we could not resist the voluntary prompt
ings of our nature, and addressing him in the
| language of another
ssAha you herald of race accurst
| hear your trumpet! Now l feel your sting,
You ravcnous, bloodthirsty little thing!
You outlawed little devil you! How burst
You drink my blood to quench your raging thirst?
| Come, 'blood for blood, - you wretch IT'S hard
to kill,
| When tits my blood am doomed to spill!
Drink keep, and quaff the red wine till you BURST
'Iis your last bellyful as tits your first
You we got to die,-you re standing on the brink
Of death; and all because you took to drink.
Come, say your prayers: be ready for the worst!
Once-twice--one instant only to repent you
Die wretch! Go down somewhere and say sent
| you!''
The little phlebotomist was no more. His race
was run, his career though short had suddenly
terminated and all from the inordinate passion
he possessed for the red fuid.
Fearing an onslaught Of his cousins. brothers,
sisters, friends, we took our immediate flight to
regions impenetrable to the host of humming
Williams, behind our "bars," and thus cut short
all our meditations.
| ngPWe see that our friend, WESLEY D. MIL
LAR, has taken the Marshall House, in Alexandra,
Va. Mr.. NJ is native of this county and is
we'll known to our citizens as young man of
high moral worth and gentlemanly department
We trust all who tarry in Alexandria alta Hotel
| will not fail to give him call.
DELEGATEs.-At a meeting of the Tobacco
Planters of Calvert County, held at Prince Fred
erick on the 10Th instant, of which James A.
Bond, Esq, was chairman, and Joseph j. Nor
folk, Esq, secretary, the following gentlemen
were appointed delegates from that county to
the Tobacco Convention to be held at Marlboro
on Thursday the 10th of July: Col. Thomas
r. Tongue, Dr. George w. Dorsey, Dr. John
G. Parker, Hon. Augustus r. Sellers, Hon
James S: Morsel, Hon. Jesse I. Dalrymple
Col. James T. Briscoe, Hon. Thomas j. Ora
hame and Major j. Yates Kent.
/ The CATTLE DISEASE ABATED.-Siuce the
adjournment of the Massachusetts Legislature
and the COWS have gone to grass, the cattle dis
ease, the Boston Transcript says, has suddenly
disappeared in Massachusetts,. Probably il
stopped with the appropriation to the commits
sioners, who were deputed to kill the cattle
, These gentlemen seemed to be determined tc
magnify their Office, and got as much none.
out of the State as possible The change from
Ipent-up stables to fresh air in the fiells ha:
doubtless been beneficial to the cattle