Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-06-21

Esq, read the Declaration of Independence.
The military will parade and add interest to the
occasion.
R9- The Flag, provided by the ladies' of Charles
County, for the Smallwood RAemen, will be
presented to that Company on Saturday next,
the 2ad inst, in this village. Lieutenant Barnes
Compton, of the Mounted Volunteers, will, in
behalf of the ladies, present the flag and Lieut..
p H. Muschet, Of the Smallwood Rihemen.
receive it. The two Companies, the Mounted
Volunteers and Smallwood Rihemen,) will pa
rade and drill together at 10 o'clock, \. NJ on
the occasion, preparatory to a grand parade on
the fourth of July.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION The
Democratic National Convention met in Balti-
more on Monday and renewed its labors toward
the nomination of Presidential candidate. The
american says "a hard days work, the Con-
vention being in session for nearly seven hours
only served to show the embarrass1nents sur
rounding the body, without affording any indi-
cation of the direction in which it will finally
find relief The question of the admission of
the delegations from the seeding Southern States
presented tsefimmcdiately on the re-assembling
of the Convention, and the problem remains yet
to be decided The President of the Conven-
ton declined to decide upon the prima tacie
right of the delegates from these States to return
to the Convention, even in the cases where there
were no contesting delegations, and referred the
point to the Convention for decision. To this
question the whole efforts of the Convention
fo1 i'll
not altogether free from asperity, but character
lied, perhaps, by more of ca!mness and concilia-
ton than might have been anticipated under
the excitement of the surrounding circumstances
Three separate propositions were pending when
the Convention adjourned last night and upon
which the vote will be taken this morning under
the operation of the previous question. The
first of these resolutions, proposed by Mr.. How
ard, of Tennessee, directs the recognition of all
who were members of the Convention at Charles
ton as entitled to their seats in the present ad-
journed meeting of the body This would re-
admit the Seccders without reference to the SUBJ
sequcnt action of the party in the several States
An amendment to this proposed by Mr.. Church,
of New York, refers the claims of all delegates
to the seats made vacant by the secession to
Committee on Credentials and exacts, as a pre-
liminary to the admission of any of them, a
pledge to abide in honor and good faith by the
action of the Convention and support its nomi-
nations. The third resolution, proposed by Mr..
Gilrner, of Pennsylvania, proposes to admit the
delegations from the seeding States where there
are no contestant claimants and to refer those
in which there is a contest to the Committee on
Credentials.
On these three propositions, interspersed with
minor points of order, ETC., the debate of the
whole day was expended. A purpose was in
dictated during the morning session to press the
question to an immediate decision under the
compu1sion of the previous question. This was,
however abandoned, and the debate continued
up to the hour of adjournment, when the pre-
vious question was again moved, the motion
seconded, and the first business this morning
will be to decide, without debate, whether the
main question shall be taken"
Second Day-The several motions and pro-
positions Of Monday were Withdrawn and modi-
fed, by the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, That thc credentials of all persons
claiming seats in the Convention, made vacant by
the secession of the delegates at Charleston be
ferred to the Committee Credentials; and said
committee is hereby instructed, soon as practi-
cable, to exgmee the same, and report the names
Of persons entitled to such seats.
Up W tllC leSI ttCCOtllGo GlG SOLilIlItCC Iietti
made no report. It is probable there will be a
majority and minority report, the former ad-
hitting all the Seceders
The OYSTER ExcITEMENT.-The action re-
Gently taken by the people Of st. Mary's county,
in holding meeting to express indignation at
the attempted monopoly Of the oyster trade of
fofo 1,xyo IF oanito1isfc fol
lowed by the people of Cambridge, Dorchester
county, on Saturday. The Herald, of Cambridge,
in commenting upon the propriety of such a
demonstration, says it is but right, for to deprive
the people of Dorchester of the free use of the
oyster beds would take bread from -them as a
great many get their daily bread by catching
the delicious bvalves
nIrThe Smallwood Rifles were out in full
numbers on Saturday last, and were just pre-
pairing to spread themselves in their handsome
uniform, when dashing rain, accompanied by
wind, drove them within doors and spoiled the
sport for the day. They consequently postpon-
ed the dress parade, to Saturday next, the 2Sd
inst, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
AccIDENT-The horse attached to Mr.. j. D.
Carpinter's carriage, on Saturday afternoon last,
while returning home from this village, became
frightened at the attempt of another carriage to
pass, and running against large tree on the side
of the road threw Mrs. C. and Miss Adams to-
gether with the driver headlong beneath the
wheels of the passing carriage. Mrs. c. and
Miss A. received few slight bruises and con-
siderable fright, but no serious injury. The
driver was stunned for awhile, having received
a blow which cut the frontal portion of his head
considerably, laying bare the bone for one Or two
inches. The carriage was pretty well broken.
SO much for reckless driver attempting, by
fast driving, to pass carriages on the road, a
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