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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-23
S. g. w. MEYENBERG.

"AVE Just opened large and we'll selected
i stock of GOODS, suitable for the SPRING
TRADE to which they invite the attention of their
friends and the public generally. We take this
opportunity of returning thanks for past favors
and would say that we shall always endeavor to
merit continuance of the same. w have now
FOR LADIES.-Black and Colorcd Dress Silks,
Poll dc Chevre, Berage de LANES, Organdies and
Cambria Lawns; Berages, together with good as
FOR GENTHEMEN.-Bl Black French Cloth,
Jeans, Cottonades DRESS SHIRT; and variety
of Hosiery, Gloves, Cravats, Ties, Umbrellas, &C..
VHIIE GOODS AND EDIBROLDERIES.-
Dotted Swiss do, Embroidered do, Nanisools,
Bishop Lawn,
Swiss and Cambria Collarsa and Sets, 3to,eer
IS Sc Edgings and Insertings than
sc Bands, euer
DOMESTICS.-Brown and Bleached Musns,
Orsnaburgs, Ducks, Stripes, Plaids, Bingham,
Caicoes, &c.
MOTIONS AND PERFUMERY-Al large stock
of Notions suitable for the country trade; also,
Honey, Palm, Almond, Brown Windsor, Lubin's
Soaps; Lllbin's, Wrights, Peters, and other ex-
tracts for she Handkerchief, to which the attention
of the Ladies is invited.
C4RPEITNGS, 1IAT7INGS
AND OIL CLOTHS.
The public respectfully invited to call and
examine our stock of the above Goods before MAX
ing-purchases. S. & w. MEYENBERG.
l07, corner of King and Pitt streets, Alexandria.
March 80, 1860.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-23
TAILORING.

TAILoRING
4nH The undersigned still continues to car
MHH ny on the TAILORING BUSINESS
fm in Port Tobacco, at the place recently
6& occupied by the firm Of Murdoch & Har-
skins. He is prepared to execute any
Ir'Tfl work in his line at the shortest notice,
and in the most durable and fashionable manner,
By strict attention to business and disposition to
please he hopes TO merit share of public patron
age. LOUIS B. HARAlNS.
Port Tohs.co, Oct. 20, 1859
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20

Particulars OF the sinking OF the steamer
Tecumseh- Great DnmREe 20 Freisht-
Twenty Valuable Horses Lost.
sTelegraphic dispatches to yesterday
PRfss announced .he sinking of the Cincin-
matt packet Teearassh, at the head of the
louisville Canal, and yesterdays Courier OF
that city, gives these particulars;
I Last evening, about Eve O'clock, the fine
gacket Tec,tnseh, Captain F. F. Logan, Of
the Union Line, from Cincinnati, struck the
reef Of rocks just below the mailboat land-
ing while rounding to, previous to backing
into the Canal. The stern or rudder- post
must have been knocked out, but Captain
Logan and the pilot thought there was no
harm done at the time, and the boat backed
down to the he9d CT the Canal and was
landed lust above Eighth-street, The head
line was barely made fast before she com
menced sinking, settling down very fast by
the stern, causing the utmost CONSERVATION
among the passengers for few moments, all
of whom rushed to the forecastle in frantic
hNste, including large numberof women
and children. They were all got ashore in
safety, and the excitement of the scene soon
abated, as it was then discovered that the
boat did not turn over, but settled down in
about twelve feet water, head up stream,
with the forecastle deck entirely above
water. ..
The TecuMseh was on her first trip of the
season, going to New Orleans with a cabin
full of passengers. some forty head of horses
on deck, and cargo Of 700 tuns, including
1000 barrels of flour, 800 barrels of pork
and beef and a large amount of whisky,
potatoes and apples. She had also a small
lot of machinery, lard in kegs, &C., on deck.
The freight can all be saved in q damaged
condition, and it is thought the boat can be
easily raised, as the river falls. The boat
and cargo, together with the freight-list,
were insured in Cincinnati, where the boat
is owned. Protest will be entered here, and
the boat placed in the hands of the under
writer's.
About half the horses on deck were either
drowned or swan off over the falls, rs
several were seen in the river struggling
with the breakers at Goose Island. Mr..
Dimick, of Cincinnati, lost four fine trotting
hoIses, which were on the larboard or out
e-guard. A Mr.. Henderson, of Cincin-
natl, lost four or five horses. The other
losers we did not learn. A man who got on
board at Madison with three head of stock
mules, we believe, saved his and transferred
them 10 the Judge Fletcher. The passengers
were transferred to the Judge Fletcher last
evening, and that boat has been engaged to
take portion of the freight.
The wind was blowing pretty hard from
shore at the time of the accident, which
forced the boat too far out, over to the reef
of rocks, and, as she was pretty deep, her
stern must have struck and knocked q hole
in the bottom. The bow lies within eight
feet of the shore, and the stern about TWEEN y
feet from shore, with the lower guard off Of
the forward gangway under water.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20

1T is curious TACT IN connectlon win
South. Carolina affairs, that we have among
us class Of people who, while they profess
TO believe that the extreme South has abun-
dant cause of complaint against the North !
sufficient to make secession. not only apqat--
ter of Justice, but ofob tgation--who, If they
are to be believed, realty .wantt the South to
90 off and set up for herself -are fully con-'
yinced that if she shall do so, it will become
an imperative duty of the nation to go work
and drive her back again. Upon one side
they justify and encourage secession, and ON
the other, present coercion as obligatory in
case secession is attempted. This state ot
spirit would seem to bo notyery consistent
with itself; but politicians are not Obliged
to be logicians and when they fall to rea-
sening on the Constitution, If they do not
bring up against even a greater absurdity
than this, they may be looked upon as pecu-
liarly fortunate. .. ...... !.
If we are to take the current literature of
the Cincinnati EhqWirer as the elements
from which to discover the doctrinal status
ofits conductors,we can come to no other con-
clusion than that they are both Secessiouists
and coercionists. They proclaim the wrongs
of South Carolina, the injuries which she
has received from the acts or omissions of
the North, for which the national Govern
ment either can not or will not afford re-
dress, declare her sufferings in the Union to
be intolerable, and yet contend that in case
she shall attempt to sever her relations with
the other States, the only course that can be
pursued is to send against her the armies of
the Union, to catch, conquer and return her
to herplace andher duty in the sisterhood of
States. We do not feel inclined to contend
with our neighbors. They have just gone
through q heavy course of popular sover-
eighty; and as we have the right to believe
that they have prOfted by their opportun-
tiles, it is fair to conclude that in the last
analysis, popular sovereignty-the right of
every people to govern themselves; and ceer-
cion--the right of power acting from with
out to impose upon people institutions
which they do not desire-are synonymous.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20

We desire to call the attention of our
readers and advertisers to the Press as a
newspaper of general variety, which may
be judged by the fact, that this morning, its
outside alone contains some l40 paragraphs
and articles on different subjects, which is
about the average we furnish from day to
day.
OF course, the labor required in con-
densation and rewriting on this department
is much greater than that employed by our
contemporaries, who, with few clippings,
and little paste, select some six, ten, or
twenty articles, and rest satisfied.
That, in our opinion, is The best newspa-
per, which is interesting to the largest class
of readers, and this we essay to make the
PRESS. Without surrendering our columns
to specialties and heavy articles on few
SUBJECTS we desire, while we give all the
important and latest intelligence, to make
our paper readable to all, by rendering it
mirror of the times and a reflector of the
passing eventsin the social, political, scien-
tifc, artistic, literary and religious world.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20

The attempt is being made to enlist Divine
Providence in favor of the Secessionists
The Rev. Mr. Gadsden was praying Justify
at Charleston, on Saturday last; and, as the
prayers of the righteous always avail, there
is reason to fear, unless the North put some
heavy praying men in commission imme-
diately, that the South will get the start and
the business be done up before they discover
that it is fairly begun. The value of the
precedence in point of time in praying as
well as in the more active operations of the
campaign may be learned by perusal of the
story how Jacob got the better of his brother
Esau, and through what was little better
than a trick obtained the divine favor. This
thing should be looked to at once; and if
Mr.. Buchanan can not be prevailed upon to
recruit a sufficient force for this branch of
the public service, Mr.. Lincoln should be
solicited to do little pre-inaugural duty ne
qsid resPUbLea dstrimsHti caperst -
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20
south Carolina Waller and stafe.ma9nship'
aLet not him that girdeth on his harness

aLet not him that girdeth on his harness,
bosst himself as he that putteth it Off was
a most. excellent piece, Of advice, which if
uplvessally followed would have saved man
kind vast deal of modification. 1t is not
only piece Of good advice, however but it
implies q most valuable rule whereby to pre-
Gict the results Of human enterprises. They
who boast when they put on The harness,
seldom have occasion 10 do 50 when they
put it off again. He who celebrates vic
tory that is yet to be gained, will find his
spirits falling him precisely in proportion as
the labor of gaining it becomes serious.
Some of our friends are borrowing trouble
about the appearance of things in South
Carolina. Such demonstrations such en-
thusiasm. such elegant speeches, such ex-
citing responses, such throwing ont of pal
metto banners, such firing off of blank
cartridges, such hurting of defiance in the
very teeth of the Union must mean some
thing--must be followed by counsels as
decided and action as desperate. The prog
Postics arc the other way. These gentlemen
are celebrating their victory before they
have gained it; and our word for it. when
the fighting lime arrives, they will be found
as amenable to reason as ever descendant
of Ancient Pistol or Captain Bobadil since
the days when braggarts were invented.
Your men of action seldom say much
they quietly resolve, and then proceed to
business. Your men Of words seldom do
much; their appetite for action usually pass
ing off in eloquent passages. The doings at
Charleston, if they indicate any thing, show
most eonclusively that the actors in them
have no capacity for the thing which they
propose to undertake; no knowledge OF
WHAT'S 70 be done, and not the remotest
conception of the effect which secession will
have upon them or their follow citizens.
The wisdom of all ages and nations has
declared that nothing isso ominous of lame
and impotent conclusions as this preliminary
word-valor. Barking dogs never bite, saith
the proverb, and in some form or other this
idea has obtained the place of an established
maxim everywhere. These flaming rhetori
clans, these potent hauntefs of palmetto
flags, these valorous exploders of blank
cartridges are not toe men by whom the
work is to be done when South Carolina ad-
vances in battle array against the Union,
or the Union against her. They will
then be found unfit both for action and
for counsel-as unsafe to advise asimpotent
to Derform
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20

IT is certainly astrange plan, that of those
who have the direction Of things at the new
public sehoOl-house on Third-street, between
Elm and Plum, to give the steps Of the front
area projection of four feet upon the side
walk. Had the house been placed flush with
the street, there might be some excuse for
such proceeding, but as it is, there is none.
There Is plenty Of room for the steps inside
the yard, and to place them there would not
only improve the appearance Of things, but
would relieve The street Of an obstruction
that ought not 10 be permitted to continue,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20
Disunion nnd rhc telegraph.

1t is easy to discover in the telegraphic
reports of doings at Charleston, that the
agitators have got control of the reporters.
The dispatches are made up according to the
most approved style of South Carolina in
fation, and the public mind is abused by the
attempts TO magnify the incidents of
politico-dramatic performance got up by a
few demagogues, to frighten, into the indig-
nant rising Of great and deeply-injured
people, bent on seeking redress by an appeal
to the last aTbitrament. The difficulty is,
that, asisusually the casewhen practical jokes
aIe attempted, the thing is overdone. The
performance is bogus, and the telegraphic
histories poor attempts at the sensational.
We do not blame the reporters Probably
they dare not do otherwise. South Carolina,
when she has the MEANS Furnishes those who
do not accept her brass for genuine metal.
Besides the reporters, to greater or less ex-
tent, see with local eyes. Surrounded by
people who appear to be excited, heirjudg-
ments go with the feelings of the crowd; and
those doings which, in their relations, are to
us so transparently absurd, appear to them
" bS ASoAs NtBhAlSu 1liu AiAlpOSiABs III buio
respect, the man at O distance can Judge
more correctly than the one in the midst of
the noise and disturbance.
There is practice, however, of which the
public has the right to complain; for example:
In the dispatches of yesterday, and under
the sanction of the Associated Press, we .eet .set
the followingl
"wHAT VIRGINIA WILL DO.
RICHMOND, VA, November 1.-THE pur-
pose of Virginia is to maintain position of
neutrality until she is prepared to tender her
services as mediator under the official sane
tion Of the Legislature or Convention called
by its authorities. She will meanwhile pre-
pare for the worst; for if the States now
threatening to secede shall adopt the pro-
gramme, and that shall fail TO be carried out
by on-cOmpliance on the part of the North,
Virginia will unite in the secession move
ment &C."
Now who has the right to speak for Vir-
ginia in this style2 A majority of the popu-
lar vote of Virginia has recently been thrown
against the secession candidate. What she
will do no man has the right to say; no man
can tell; and when the telegraph, or the re-
porters of the Associated Press assume to
prophesy, they transcend the line of their
duty, and become impertinent. The public
does not want predictions at their hands, but
facts. When the prophetic becomes in order,
we want to know who it is that vaticinates.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20
AMUsENIIG rITa


TBH NATIONAL .-Ther was pood an
and the>plbyeof The Hidden HanS was fs
well rendered 70 the fragmentary plot and
pnmeaning dialogue of the play kould per-
nit Miss Ada " ebb, a chafffiife v6una
actress played a very inconsistent char
acier-" Capitola with a good deal Of
spirit, and the other characlers df the
.drdlndhs Pfrsor 4e,were well sustained. ! The
audience appeated pleased with the play and
the actors, which is well, as it sithe promise
OF future good houses and swelling nro6ts to
the mans ger. The Hiddea Hand will be re-
pp1y pps ~. S's oV@-aing with TIE amusing farce
-... DGy After The Fair. -.-------.
PIKE's 0PBRA-HousE.--The audience last
evening, not quite as large as on previous
evenings of the Williams engagement, was
still remunerative. A series of good houses
has given new life to the stock St this estab-
lishment, and the business of the stage goes
off with a spirit hitherto unobserYed during
the present season. The public has long
since set the seal of appreciation to the acting
of Mr.. and Mrs. Williams; and the Fairy
( Circle was played last evening in way to
please those who were in attendance, If their
frequent applause can be taken as an index
of their opinions. Tha FAIRY Circle will be
repeated This evening. ut.s.'
WooD's THEATER.-A reference to the
proper column win show that this establish
ment is at present occupied by German
company, which opened TO fair house last
evening The play tonight will be Don
Cesar De Buzun, a well-constructed drama
in five acts, calculated to bring out the
strength and talent of the company.
SMITH h NIxoN's HALL.--The concert given
by Madame G. Rive and her pupils, for the
benefit of Miss Antonia II. Henne, drew
together pretty good aud very appreciatiye
audience. Madame Rive acquitted herself
with her usual success, and her songs were
warmly received. The young beneficiary
won many admirers of the power and cul-
ture which she exhibited, and drew forth
confident prognosties of future career OF
brilliant success and eminencs; 50 that
whatever may be the pecuniary result of the
| concert, her debut was in nearly every
desirable respect, great success.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20
Bouquets and Gut Flowers.

EBERsQNs WISHING BOUQUETS AND
n Cut Flowers, can be supplied By leaving their
orders at u. scanlan CO.. Drug store, N. e. cor.
Fourth and Maini hra w. j. Johnson's Oonfec-
Geo. shuesler's Drugstore, S. W corner Sixth and
anss s1e Tits reteTs M = S2n, norm sqe oe5.
Cooks Walnut Hills Nurseries; J. s; COOK,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20

The British brig Bjl0U, from New York
bound 70 Halifax, was wrecked ct Le Havre
last week, and portion Of cargo saved in a
damaged condition.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20
a W0NpER FUL NRCOyERY OF

WE sToI LEN PBoPERTYSS0 the y 18th 20 Of
August 1889, had stolen from my table half-set
hopes Of ever fiji ding them, until last Apri when
had an intervieg with MISS TENNESSEE CLAF-
while she and her parents were stopping at my Ho-
te When she TOD me me the name OF the person who
to be returned to me- and last July the same spoons
were brought back, but by whom am not able to
say. They had been out Of my possession about a.
year. ..- ,...... L. q. EDISON. ~
GALLON, o., October Is, 1850 , = I5i7'
Persons by sending their full address can have
medicine sent by express to any part of the conn
try. r-ss' nnls-f
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20
FOrtune-telling and PhronOlOgy.

A LII PERSONS WISHING TO KNOW
n their future pro1pects can have them correctly
stated by Madame Alvin, at 102 Fourth-st., corner
of Elm, where she may be consulted on all matters
concerning dove, marriage, courtahips law matters
business affairs; and will tell the name Of the lady
OF gentleman they will marry; also the name Of her
visitors. nolS-cS
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20
THE FUR STORE.
A W0NDERFUL OHILD.

49,, a RElIARKABLE CURE WIN.
49, J. BASSETT, late from the Territory OF
hnDsas acted as Sheriff there in the years 1858 g.
loat my health through exposure and fatigue, and
not being able to get any relief there, returned
home to my fathers, in Brookville, Ind, where
called on medical assistance and none were able to
do me any good; and after hearing so much about
Miss TENNESSEE CLAFGIN, at 371 Sixth street.
CDcjnnati Ohio, and the many and wonderful
cures she was making, went Immediately there and
put myself under her examination and treat mont
ard she told me exactly what allied me and how
felt, and said she could cure me in o few weeks aRd
has done SO, although my case had been pronounced
incurable by good physicians. nolS-f
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20
HOME HNTEEGIcss-r.

= HOMIE INT NNES-r
:. .vIothing renovated and repaired, 50 =. Third.
y HE- Gas Stoves at CHEsTER's Tea-room. nol3.j"
rs5- CHEsTER's Tea-rooms, walnut-street, below
Fifth, up stairs ~ 5E' nol3-j%
p@Ti A. A. EYsTER, Clocks, Watches and Jewslry,
Hns- Sts and I'll Central,avenue. Jl.. . nh
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20
Lubln's Rose and Violet Powder.

n UBIN's ROSE AND VIOLET POWDER
h for the Toilet and Nursery. For sale by
EDWARD SCANLAN Il CO.. Druggists,
North least corner Fourth and Main-streets.
(nolS-cl
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20
$50 Reward!

Il WILL GIVE THE ABOVE REWARD
- to any Grocer who will give me one months tn-
struction in the art of keeping a Grocery store.
Address NJ j., Box 1853, Cincinnati. nols-h"
GNOALl COAL!-I AM DELIVERING
" Screened Coal from the rivor at the following
prices, viz: Best Youghiogheny Coal at loc. per
bushel, No. Pomeroy Coa' al Sc. per bnshel; Poy-
tona Camel Coal at lsc. per bushei.
OFFICES Corner Third and Central-sye No.
2S West Third st; corners Court aud Walnut-sts.,
Twelfth and oentral.avenue, Clark and OentraI-aE.,
nois JOHN COOHNOWER.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20

The Allied Victory of the French and En-
glish ON the PeihO- Graphic Account of
% the Bombardlent and Capture of the
Forts-Desperate Resistance and Great
slaughter of the Tartnrs ard Chinese
The special correspondent of the London
Times from the camp on the Peiho, on the
25th of August gives a long and graphic ac-
count of the engagement there between the
French and English forces and the Chinese
and Tartars, and we extract from the cor
respondenee as follows:
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20
Hostetter's Bitters.
Iron Varnish.

INOR VARNISHING CRATES, MAN.
n TELS, Coa-h -hods, Iron Railings and all kinds
of Iron Ornaments. For sale by
EDWARD SCANLAN 300. Druggists,
Northeast corner Fourth end Main-strSets.
TupIS-c1
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-20

H9- Gas Stoves at CnEsrEn's Tea.rOom. nola.j
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-15
THE NUMBER AT THE ACADEMY,
TO THE KplToR M yur rssv.sD


u has been stated, In more Of the ~pers,
that The members Of the COMMITTEES Police md Car
rases, At the ball Friday evening last, believed that
large number o. persons not entitled 70 oarSs Of Invitation
bad gained admission, and that they therefore ordered
count Of the tickets received ~ ths doors ah, that
charges hsd been made Of collision the part OF The
con mlt,ees doorkeerevs and the poisce-tso Of the
former and enc Of the iaterbcsrg stationed al each
door, Such opinions charges no, entertained or
expressed BY the committee but from the reliable char 70
ter Of the persons employed 10 receive the tickets
of admi,oa they most positively disseaed from the
Opnps expressed that the number present exceeded The
legitimate issue q cards Of invitation and they ordered
the count Gully IS precsu,on to prevent the surmses
and meet the openly avoved charges Of irresular,y or
couson on The part Of any persons connected with the
hsue or collection q iickes Al two O'Clock, BY the re
quest q ssFa,d Prime, fsq and mysef, members Of
she oommu,s hsvre the chsrss u me ea,rsacss 70