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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31
500 REWARD.

ID ANYWAY from the subscriber on Sunday
Ia last, Negro Boy Basil, who calls himself
BASIL GREEN.
He is about IS years of age; about feet or 7
inches high; very black; fiat nose; marked with
small pimples on the face; looks down when spok-
en- to, and speaks generally in a low tone. He
had on aAblue striped shirt, and light Chopper
cloth pants. He has father belonging ! believe,
to Mrs. Burgess. in Nanjemoy district
will give Thirty Dollars for the apprehension
of SAID negro if taken in Charles county, or Fifty
Dollars if taken elsewhere in this State, or One
Hundred Dollars if taken out Of the State Said
negro to be delivered to me or secured in Jail so
that get him.
GEORGE E. LEWIS,
Port Tobacco, Charles County, Md.
May 81, l660.-tf
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31
A FESTIVAL
May 81, ls6O.-3t

For the Benefit of Akkakeek Church,
WILL be held by the Ladies of the Parish on
w Wednesday, 9th of June, at the Par
sonage and under the beautiful surrounding oaks,
at which all the delicacies and luxuries Of the
season, will be amply provided for the entertain
ment Of all who may desire to enjoy delightful
day Of recreation.
May 81, 1860.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31
TRUSTEES NOTICE TO PENSIONERS.

TRUSTEES NOTICE TO PENSIONERS.
ID ESOLVED, That the names of all to whom
q Pensions have been granted for the current
year (l960), unless the respective drafts in their
favor be called for on or before the first day of
July next, be stricken from the List of Out
Pensioners for the said year 1860; and that the
Overseer Of the Poor be and he is hereby autho-
rized, upon application. to deliver said drafts at
any time before the said 1st day of July
By order of the Board of Trustees,
THOS. Nj. WEIGH Overseer.
May 81, 1S60-3t
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31
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though there could be no Government, no ma
tonal vitality, no anything, were it not for the
negro. The Northern man advances an idea
tinged with the negro, the Southern man feels
it his bounden duty to oppose it, whether for
good or evil, it matters not, so there be oppos-
ton. And equally, if the Southern man states
principle, it is worth nothing if not coupled
with the negro; and hence, right or wrong, it
meets opposition at the North. And should
any man be SO vain as to hope for hearing on
any subject and fails to couple it with the all
absorbing negro question, experience will soon
teach him his error, for whether in politics, re-
igion or trade, he is not sound, indeed not safe,
unless he expresses himself emphatically upon
the negro-pro or con.
This is the all-absorbing question virtue
must be lost sight of; honesty may be forgotten:
justice shut out; piety stricken from the creed ;
talent ignored patriotism smothered, and God
no longer served, SO we are sound OH the negro.
Express yourselves fully on this subject and all
other things shall be added unto you. This in
discord, contention, in our political, religious
and social circles the Union over You may
ignore every thing else, but do not ignore the
negro. You may fight over the negro in the
Territories or States you may expend millions
upon the African slave trade, but let us have
the excitement we want on the subject, though
it be purchased with blood.
But: to return to the subject, why does not
Congress at once and for all, in so much as they
cannot effect anything by the present course,
withdraw our forces, and let old Spain glut her.
self with negroes and be done. Our Northern
brethren are content with the Coolie apprentice
ship system, and pray tell us, is the African
slave trade any worse, except in name? We
emphatically assert that it is not; then let us
attack both or neither.
CHARLES COUNTY MOUNTED VoLU NTEERs.-
This fine Cavalry Company paraded, in full
dress uniform on Saturday last, aud was review
ed by Colonel Theodore Mudl, in accordance
with law. The Conn any adjourned to the next
regular drill day, the first Monday in June
aSg@The Jaw prohibiting the manumission Of
slaves in the State of Maryland, by deed or will,
goes into operation on the LIST of June
HT The joint-worm and fly are injuring the
wheat and corn crops in Orange county, Vr-
ginia, to very serious extent. These insects
have also appeared in Amherst aud other coun-
ties.
HsST 1t is said in Washington, that their Ex-
cellencies, the Japanese ambassadors, think the
American women very handsome, very curious,
and very bold They are particularly struck
with their style of Waiting and dancing the
Polka. This last, it is said, quite enraptured
the Orientals. They think, however, that our
women are allowed too many liberties-not I'M
der sufficient restraint. In Japan, it seems it
is different. Every gentleman there keeps item
under complete control.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

rs The movements in cotton show an in
crease Of seven hundred and fifty thousand bales
over the receipts of last year. The weather
throughout the South has been favorable for the
present crop.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31
-! DEATH -!
To Every Form and Species of
VERMIN-
CCSyaT S
""Costar's" Rat, Roach, &c. Externainator,
''Costar's"
"Costar's" Bed-bug Exterminator.
""Costar's"
'COstars" Electric Powder. for Insects. &c.

~
DESTROYS INSTANTLY.
Rats-Roaches- Moles-Ground Mice-Bed
Bugs-Ants-M Neutrality-suspicious. Flcas-I Insects
on Plants, Insects on Animals, &C., &c.-in short
every form and species of
We r MIN.
10 Years established in New York City-used by
the City Post Office-the City Prisons and Station
Houses-the City Steamers, Ships, &c.-the City
Hotels, ssAsor, '.sst. Nicholas &c-and by more
than 10000 private families.
eg=DEuggsts and Retailers everywhere sell them.
lG-Wholesale Agents in all the large Cities.
65-Regular sizes, 25c. SOC. s. S Boxes-Bottles-
Flasks.
oz-m!BEwARE!!! Of spurious limitations. Examine
each Box, Bottle & Flask, and take nothing but
fsCosTAR's.''
0y-$ 90 Boxes sent by Mail.
@-$3 & S. Boxes for Plantations, Hotels, SC. by
Express. x ssze-. =,
gzAddress orders--or fors Circular to Dealers, to
- =. Z tHsyi K
PRINCIPAL Depot, al BROADWAY, N. Y.
Sold by JAS H. DYER & CO., Port Tobacco.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31
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ALEXANDRIA, MAY 30, 1860.
Small sales of white Wheat of fair quality at
40 cts Sales of white Corn, at Is cts.-supply
limited, and demand moderate. Oats at 40 cts,
with sales at 40 c. for light. Rye is dull and I'M
changed.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

gSzs 1t is feared that nearly one hundred lives
were destroyed by the late western tornado
The damage to property is estimated at S ,0OO,-
900. The storm, as it passed Cincinnati, must
have been about forty miles wide, having reach
ed Independence, Kentucky, on the south, and
Preble county, Ohio, on the north.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

EsyT There are in commission in the State of
Virginia sixty-eight troops of cavalry, eighty
one companies of light infantry, eighty-two
companies of riAcmen, and twenty-one COM
panies of artillery. -
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31
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4 NOVELIST UNDEETAKE5 A "ToUE" IS Pr
CCLIAE STYLF.-.tIrxander Dumas has left
Paris at last accounts for Mayscillcs to start on
his voyage on lis little steam yacht, Monte
Criato He takes with him five companions,
one a proIc*scd photographer, three compost
tors. i FRESHMAN and press, so that the records
.oi his voyages will he printed almost as fast as
they are written TIE :rip will last fifteen
months, and II. Dumas expects to write and
print two volumes per month.
BLONDE, AT THE F.MIs.-I;iondin is cow
having his cable stretched al point about 800
feet below the Suspcnsion Fridge The Width
OF the chasn at that place is a thousand feet.
anc the depth to the surface of the water. $50
feet. Seats are to he arranged on either bank
to Accommodate 10000 spectators, while nearly
5000, it is said will be admitted on the bridge.
NJ. Blondins first crossing will be made on the
9th of July.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31


~ OF the Circuit Court for Charles County cause
to be published Il List of Licenses granted by him.
'' VIZ i'' 'E'i'c iotil ol May, looo, VIZ:
TRADERS EICENSES---To Sell Jiouor
TO achom Issued. Place of Business
To John r. Murray, Centrevile.
Mrs M r I'nbn,n pt ~
Robert r. Rm..b I,a,t
Francis ,rcpnison Dfto;u
John 7 Ro.cL na;t '0'
&C .ddi.on ' I', Dcneoicn.
Thomas skinner. Don'.sstnr
&c Lanes Cartulr;nit I,';o
sc Thomas & Robsv. Patuxent CIV
William H. Hipgcs Nnw1l ivy
=" Low; Nntwcu clIS .
"H. T.. Sirasburocr ,roa,nt;;,,o
&C Mary r Pow p ophins'iii me-
&C Inhn p Iobm.on DowlS!lne'
William + Shcrburn Nen.nnrt
GO Walter Switzerland, Hopewen.
g Charles Ii. Dcmar & Co., Hughcsvillc
1ohh Luckett, Ncwtown.
francis Dilahay, Chapel Point.
IL: ~. +. Ratcllffc, Irappe.
:. 11cnard ohannon' Newport.
&c I auSh w honey, Bensviilc.
< niie: iiti re. "A. vi. rosey, bushes Store.
q, Ioln r. rnlton hiieiy' a sm resi- n
&c Gcorge Frnnili;;, 6, r., NIlta l IEsil.
6. ucphert 9. ' A5an, :" oo'' mount Hoiley
6. Lanes II D,,or e. r. n liet r = Z leSh'
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

blaze, and though the thunder with the excep-
ton of one or two claps was not heavy, it was
continuous. Limbs Of trees were wrenched
from their trunks, awnings torn from their sup
ports, and whole trees Frustrated by the violence
of the storm.
The steamer George Page, plying between
Washington and Alexandria, while on her down
ward trip, encountered the gale and came neal
capsizing. The widest scene of confusion and
alarm prevailed on board. She however wealth
cred the storm and reached her wharf in safety
This gale reached the river portion of Charles
county, and, though the wind was not so terri
bic, yet trees and fences were Frustrated. The
fall of rain was, tremendous, washing the hills
and completely delugng fiat lands. Low ground
corn fields are seriously damaged.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31
LIST OF LICENSES.

ORDERED BY THE COURT, That the Clerk
~ of the Circuit Court for Charles County cause
to be published List of Licenses granted by him,
from the lst tcEthc 10th of May, 1860, viz:
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

Committee on the Code, $4,000 90
Arrears rue for repairing of State House, $4,000 90
Marylal.i Agricultural Society, $500 90
Otho ST ut s. Fl. Mccullough, Codfcrs, 5000 90
Hy. ~. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. claim, TO- 32 90
Blind Asylum, $4,000 90
To purchase Arms, 10000 90
He of Rcfugc-lS60 and '61, 10000 90
Home Of the Fricndless, 5000 90
III. G Mackall-supervising Code, 1000 90
Printing the Code, 5000 90
Insane Hospital, 100000 90
Grain Inspectors, 5000 90
Eastern Shore Railroads, SAT ,235 Sc
To redeem Stamps, 5000 90
General Appropriations for 1860, 1,075123 "a
&c &C for 1861, 9l0,633 OIL
Boundary Commission, 10000 90
Baltimore Female Collegc-1S60, '6l, 5000 90
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

HAVANA CIGARS.-A lot of Prime IL A
Ill VANA GIG JARS, just received and for sale
mays by WM BOSW ELL.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

EX-PREsIDENT FILLMORE FOR BELL.-Thc
Jersey City STANDARD has seen recent letter
from Ex-President Fillmore, in which that gen
tleman says:
eff it was in my power, would at once elect
Messrs. Bell and Everett, than whom better
nominatonsGould not have been made"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31


that John D. Long. of the Eastern Shore, Oscar
Miles, George Ell. Morgan, L. w. B. Hutcfins
and Uriah Tippett, of st. Mary's county, have
obtained warrants from the Land Office at An
napolis for two hundred thousand acres of land
under the waters Immediately surrounding that
county, and that Benjamin Tippett is now en-
gagged making surveys for the company. The
perversion of such an immense area of land
which, heretofore, has been enjoyed in common
by all the citizens Of this community, to the uses
of few individuals, is matter, it strikes u.s. OF
sufficient gravity to justify some notice at our
hands and to call upon our community for i'm
mediate action in the matter. We should feel
obliged to some gentlemen, learned in the law
of the subject, if he would furnish our readers
with an intelligable statement of the rights and
immunities acquired by this company under
these warrants, and what the remedy may BE-
if any, which will remain to our citizens when
these lands are located and patent obtained
| for them
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31
THE TIMES.
PORT TOBACCO, MD.
Thursday Morning, May 81, 1880.

CIRCUIT CoURT-The May term of this Court
closed on Saturday last. This was the longest
session we have had since the present Judge
jCRAIN,) has been on the bench. Usually q
week. or ten days, at most, have been sufficient
to transact all the business this term however
listed three weeks The business from the adj
joining counties st. Mary and Prince Georges, J
took up nearly al of this time OF cases, legi-
timatey belonging to Charles county, there were
only sufficient to occupy the Court three days,
or four at the most
The Crawford Blackburn case, which occu-
pied this Court about ten days, after being ably
argued on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurday and
Friday, was given to the Jury on Friday even
would not be able to make verdict however,
after staying up all night, they entered Court
on Saturday morning and returned verdict
for Blackburn. We suppose the case will go to
the Court of Appeals.
HSS Every few days we receive accounts of
the capture of slave ships, by United States YES
sells. Thus hundreds upon hundreds of these
unfortunate Africans are taken back by our
Government to their original homes, and mil
lions upon millions of dollars expended by the
United States to break up this awless traffic :;
and yet it progresses steadily, and indeed, if any
thing, is on the increase. The Congress of the
United States is now engaged upon the consde-
ration of the best means to be adopted for the
more effectual breaking up Of this traffic. An
Honorable Senator of a Northern State, proposes
to fit out five or six additional steamers for the
African squadron at an enormous expense, and
to increase the bounty on captures, supposing
that by this means, it may be destroyed. Our
Government now expends an incredibly large
sum, in returning captured slaves and in pay
ing the bounty upon those captured, and yet
larger expenditure and bounty is asked; and
for what avail To what end all this expendi-
ture ? 1t is fixed principle, that where there
is market, there will be supply, the vigilence
of the police to the contrary notwithstanding.
And while soverei gn government publicly
countenances this trade, in direct opposition to
treaties and compacts upon the subject, is it to
be wondered at that the trade continues p
Though treaty after treaty has been entered
into though compact after compact has been
made, yet Spain countenances the traffic and
Cuba affords ready market. This, therefore,
being the case, why expend SO much money, or
ask for the expenditure of-yet more? Expert
ence teaches that it can be of no avail whatever.
when the cause continues active, for us simply
to attack the effect. But the truth is, the ground
work of all this expenditure, the foundation up
on which more is asked is simply to he found
in the person of the negro. The people of these
United States are 50 constituted, that they seize
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

MARYLAND APPROPRIATIONS Annapo-
lis Gazette gives full list of the appropriations
made by the Legislature during its recent ses-
sion, amounting to the unusual sum of So, 254, :
$50. The principal items are:
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

RESOLUTIONS OF THE SENATE-The follow
ing are the resolutions submitted in the United
States Senate by Senator Davis, and which fter
4 protractcl discussion have finally been passed
by vote Of SO to 90:
Ec&olccd That neither Congress nor a Territorial
Legislature whether by direct lrrisa ton or lcr5-
aton of an indircct and unlricndly character pos
SIS power to annull or impair the constitutional
right of any citizen Of die United States to take his
slave property into the common Territories, and
there hold ami ca Joy the same while the teri itora
condition rrilaIns
Reso'ceG, That if experience should at any time
prove that the Judicial and executive authority dc
not possess means to insure adequate protection ia
constitutional rights in Territory, and if the ter
ritorial government should fail refuse provi
the necessary remedies for that purpose, it will be
the duty of Congress to supply such deficiency.
Resolved, That the inhabitants of Territory OF
the United States, when they rightfuHy form CON
situtiGn to be admitted a State into the Union,
may then, for the first time, like the people of
State when forming new constitution, decide fer
themselves whether slavery a domestic insttu-
ton, shall be maintained prohibited within their
iursdiction; and ssthcy shall be received into the
Union with without slavery, as their constitu-
ton may prescribe at the time of their admission
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

HgThe joint-worm and fly are injuring the
wheat and corn crops in Orange county, Viz
ginia, to a very serious extent These insects
have also appeared in Amherst aud other coun-
tics
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

NAvAL-The United States Scholarship Ply
moth, now at Annapolis, will sail from that
port on the Goth of June, with 1870 acting mid
shipmen on board, and about So scamen, tc
teach the cadets how to reef steer, splice, and
work ship. The Plymoth will visit all the prin-
eipal ports of Great Britain and France, before
returning. She will be absent about three
months.
rs The fatal disease among the cattle in
Massachusetts,, continues to spread, and SO great
has become the alarm, that an extra session of
the Legislature is about to be convened to APP
proprate funds to abate the evil. The disease
has been very destructive in South Africa-a
part of the world where cattle are more valued
than anywhere else. The price of drausht oxen
has risen from fifteen to fifty dollars, since the
existence of the plague. 1t is called there the
"lung disease, and incubation is said to prove
successful, as in small pox.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

THE STATE TOBACCO WAREHoUsEs.-The
Planters Adrocote Of the 23d inst, publishes a
notice inviting the tobacco planters of Prince
Georges county to attend a public meeting, to
to be held in that town on Friday, the LIST O!
June, for the purpose Of taking into consilera-
ton the subject Of the removal of the State To-
bacco Warehouses in the city of Baltimore, and
to take such steps as may induce the Commits
sioners to decline to carry into effect the late act
of the Legislature on this subject" The MARI
borough Gazette, Of the same date, in an article
on the subject, says:
eve have not as yet heard any good reasons
advanced for the contemplated change and the
law seems to have been passed without that
consideration which the Importance of the sub
ject demanded. Legislation was not asked for
by the people, nor was the matter brought to
their attention-and the Commissioners appon-
ted under the law should hesitate to carry out
its provisions, and await an expression of public
opinion"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

TIE PRospEcT.-A Washington correspon-
dent states that F'the prospect for harmonious
action at Baltimore is daily increasing Hunter,
Lane and Breckenridge are ready to take a stand
for Northern statesman likely to unite the
party. Guthrie is playing the part of Chase at
Chicago, who really had no chance, but would
not allow his State to vote for any one but
himself"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

aaFThe Jaw prohibiting the manumission OF
slaves in the State of Maryland, by deed or will,
goes into operation on the LIST of June
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

TORNADO AT ALEXANDRIA AND WASHING
Washington and Alexandria We're visited
on Saturday afternoon by furious storm of
wind and rain, which though fortunately less
destructive Of life and property than the terrible
tornadoes which have recently devastated several
cities of the North West, was yet sufficiently
violent and powerful to inspire for a while a
very general sense of alarm in the communities
first named.
The Gazette says the storm sprang up about
half-past o'clock and was the most violent
ever experienced in Alexandria. During its
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

China in a special dispatch, calls the attention
of our Government to the Coolic trade as car
rcd on in American vessels He says that no
American house will have any connection with
the traffic but unfortunately ready agents are
found among the English and other merchants
Of Hong Kong. American vessels are chartered
by subjects of other Governments, and so odious
has become the traffic by recent transactions,
that other Governments have either forbidden
their vessels to be engaged in it, or so restrained
and regulated it as to throw it entirely into the
hands of Americans. The kidnapping grievance
has become SO intolerable that at Canton, the
Governor General has again offered rewards for
the heads of foreigners.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

MUNICIPAL ELEcTIoN.-The following is the
result of the municipal election held in Alexan-
dria, Va, on Thursday, May oath, 1860:
For Judge-John Tyler Dem, 1888 no OPP
position.
Sheriff-C. NJ. Castleman, Dem, ss1 w.
D. Massey, Wing, 6l9. Castleman's majority,
262.
Commonwealth Attorney C. E. Stuart,
DEM, Sal; S. T. Beach, Wing, 685. Stuart 5
majority, 1856.
Com. Revenue-George Duffy, Dem, SAL;
H. L. Lewiston, Wing, GEL. Duffy's majority,
$50.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31
sHAwLs FOR NOTHING.

Alexandra, May 81.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

CHARLES COUNTY MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS
This fine Cavalry Company paraded, in full
dress uniform on Saturday last, aud was review
ed by Colonel Theodore Mudd, in accordance
with law. The Conn adjourned to the next
regular drill day, the first Monday in June.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-31

o. w. CfAIN, CIerK
of Circuit Court for Charles County.
May "a, 166O.-2t.