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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09

s6 The Medical and Chirurgicar Society of
Charles County met in this village on Tuesday
last. The proceedings Of the meeting will APP
pear in our next
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09

n@ According to a publication in the Balti-
more Exchange, it was ascertained by Census
of the State Of Maryland taken in 1882, that
there were then in the State 170,Ges white in
habitants. and S3.362 negroes
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09

nI According to the returns already received
at the Census Bureau at Washington, the crops
in all the Northern and Northwestern States are
immensely heavy this year. In Pennsylvania
they are represented to be nearly if not quite
double those of last year, and in other States
they will probably be correspondingly heavy.
This fully comedies with what we have been
led to expect from the accounts which have
reached us from other sources. The census re-
turns however, come in very slowly, and it will
probably be sometime before we shall be able
to learn the full extent of our agricultural pros
perity, although Superintendent Kennedy mani
tests commendable desire to satisfy the public
curiosity on the subject at the earliest possible
moment-Bat. american.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09
E.. F. EDELEN. Sec'y.

Bss@At the county convention lately held in
St. Mary's county, Md, to appoint delegates to
the State Breckenridge Convention, Oscar Miles,
Esq, State Senator from said county, made an
address. In the course of his remarks, Mr..
Miles reflected somewhat severely upon the &C
ton of John +. Dent, Esq, former Speaker of
the House of Delegates. Mr.. Dent interrupted
him by saying that he would hold him (Mr.
Miles, personally responsible, out of the Conven-
ton, for his remarks, and it is stated that, meet
ing Mr.. Miles soon afterwards, he attacked him,
during which Mr.. Miles, it is said, was very
roughly handled. The affair~has created con-
siderable sensation.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09
MARRIED.

On Tuesday last, by Rev. LEMuEL WILMER, Mr.
JOSEPH HUTTON and Miss ELIZABETH E
FRANKLIN--both Of this village.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09

DrscHAKGED.-We learn from the Alexandria
Sentinel, that on Monday last the County Court,
after full investigation, discharged Capt. Samuel
Guy and Pilot James Burroughs, of the steamer
St. Nicholas, held for examination on the charge
of causing the death of Joseph H. Olive, by neg
hgence 1t will be recollectsd that boat con-
tanning Capt. Wilkcrson and Joseph II. Olive,
was run over by the St. Nicholas on the 9th of
July, whereby Olive was drowned.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09

R1-An Union Club was formed on Saturday
July 2sth, in Bladensburg district, Md. The
following are the officers John Bowie, Presi-
dent; Robert Wright and George W. Taylor,
Vice Presidents VIM. T. Prime, Recording
Secretary; j. West Veitch, Corresponding Secre-
tary Dr. E. Robert Veitch, Treasurer.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09
TIE M
BALTIMORE, AUGUST 7, 1860

BALTIMORE, AUGUST Z, 1860.
GRA1N.-Vheat- Some 90, 900 bushels of Wheat
offered to-day; demand good at about yesterday .
prices, white selling at 1l0all5 cts. for common,
l20al35 cts. for medium to fair, 140al55 cts. for
good to prime, and at 160 cts. par bushe for choice
red brought 115a133 cts. per bushel for ordinary
to prime.
Corm.-Corn in light supply and good request at
full prices about 5000 bushels offered, and white
sold at 7SaS2 cts, and yellow at 70a73 cts per BUSH
Ell.
Oats.-Of Oats the offerings fair, and demand
brisk at 30a35 cts. for Maryland.
Rye.-Of Rye only small lot offered, no sales
reported we quote Mary land at 6sa70 etc.
From the Baltimore American of Saturday last. !
ToBAcco.-There has been a fair demand for
Maryland Tobacco during the week, and shippers
took nearly all the good parcels offered within the
range of fosmsr prices, viz: Inferior and common
$3.50 S 3saood common Ss35Oa 81; midd1ing
$5a 81; good and fine brown $7.50$lO, and ex-
ira fine $l1a$12 The sales of Ohio Tobacco this
week comprise nearly all the stock on hand Of de-
sirable qualities, the total sales being about 200
hhds.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09
pFA Bell and Everett Club was organize

in Nottingham, Prince Georges county, on
Thursday, July Goth, with the following Off
GERS DIR. John H. Skinner, President; DR..
William Platter, Fielder Bowie, Col. VIM N.
Dorsett Vice Presidents R. NJ. Stamp, Record
ing Secretary; H. H. Pfeffer, Corresponding
Secretary; John r. Stamp, Treasurer.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09


INTRUSION OF ARTIsTs.-The Wheeling va.
hetezzigencer gives the following account of &
recent visit of some Baltimore artists to the re-
treat of Ex-Governor Frank Thomas, of Mary.
land, in his hermit retreat among the Allega.
MES
':Not far from Oakland, on the line of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad there lives an old
gentleman by the name of Thomas, who was al
one time Governor of Maryland, and quite veal
thy. For many years he has manifested symp-
toms of insanity. His wealth was wasted, and
he was neglected and allowed to go down in the
world. He now lives in miserable log hut
with no companion but an aged negro. There
is no habitation near, and he scarcely has vsi-
tor or sees white mans face. A couple of ar
fists, from Baltimore, who were sketching along
the line of the road, concluded, the other day, to
go down from Oakland and pay the old Hermit
visit and take few sketches of his premises.
They were kindly received at FIRST and their
sketches seemed to please the old man, until he
became aware that it was the intention Of the
artists to publish them, with accompanying des-
,criptions, and thus drag him again before the
public Learning this, he Immediately ordered
the artists out of the house. They did not go
upon the instant, and the Hermit got down his
gun, swearing that if they did not leave he would
shoot them The artists, of course, left in a
hurry, came up to Oakland and told the story "
nEMrs. Swisshe'm, of the st. Cloud (Mnn.)
Democrat, says: "Wanted-in st. Cloud, a
large supply Of raw material for the manufac-
ture of brides. None in the market, and press
ing demand Those having small surplus to
dispose Of, would do well to put up in small
packages, carefully, in straw bonnets, barege
wells crinoline and silk founces, and consign
them to the care of any of our commission
merchants. -
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09
ALEXANDRIA, AUGUST I, 1860.

ALEXANDRIA, AUGUST Z, loOU.
GRA1N-The receipts of Wheat fair and the
demand good. We note sales on Change of new
white at 13Oa142 cts for fair, and 147a152 cts for
good to prime; strictly prime 1855 cts. and wanted.
Red 115a12S cts. for inferior and fair and 131 cts
for good Very little doingin Corn, and no change
in quotations. Rye and Oats dull
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09

16 The Executive Committee of the Consti-
tutional Union Party in this State have recon-
mended to their friends the holding of County
Mass Meetings in the several counties of Mary
land In accordance with this recommendation
a Mass Meeting will be held in Port Tobacco on
the 9th Of September next.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09
MONUMENT TO GEN. sMALLWOOD.

5ss, AT HOME, July 26, 1860.
CAPT. WELLS: read with great deal OF
pleasure, from your anonymous but very able
correspondent, communication in the Times of
the 10Th ult., which hope, in connection with
prior appeals, will have the effect to arouse up
spirit among the good people of Charles coun-
ty in behalf of the Smallwood Monument Socie-
ty. I have not one word to offer in addition to
his beautiful, eloquent and touching appeal in
behalf Of the memory of him we should delight
to honor. But I have plan, which, after read
ing his eloquent communication, has suggested it.
self to my mind, which am confident will meet
his appreciation, since he has evinced such deep
interest in subject which should awaken the
deepest interest in the hearts of every Charles
courtian. I sincerely hope that such evidences
of gratitude from formerly an ungrateful poste-
rty are but the first drops of the approaching
shower of many such communications. They
will keep the important duty we owe to the
memory of such noble Patriots fresh upon our
hearts, until the consummation Of our project
will be thoroughly established. The plan wish
to offer is this: Let US call meeting of the
citizens together at some early day and establish
Charles County Monumental Society, with a
President and other officers, give the President
the power to appoint a committee, composed of
both ladies and gentlemen from each district to
solicit contributions for the Society. And re-
spectfully propose that we appropriate the funds
towards the following objects To place over
the grave Of our honored and beloved SMALL
WOOD a plain marble slab with the inscription
GEN. WILLIAM SNIALLWOOD,
The Leader of the Old Maryland Line,
LIES HERE.
This simple record will not fail to send thrill
of pride to the heart Of every Marylander prompt
ed by grateful emotions to seek out that sacred
spot. And, also, to build suitable monument
upon the public square in Port Tobacco, in
commemoration Of the names of those illustrious
sons of Charles, who SO bravely, so nobly Offer
ed their life's blood in defence of their country
rights. The names of Gen. WILLIAM SMALL
WOOD, Gen. JOHN MITCHELL, COL WILLIAM
BRUCE, Capt. JOHN H. STONE, and others of our
native county have been shamefully neglected
upon the pages Of historical record, but let not
the "sons of such worthy sires'' prove themselves
recreant to the duty they owe to the memory of
their illustrious dead. Let their names emblaz-
on upon monument erected by us who are now
enjoying blessings plucked from the tree of
liberty, planted at the risk Of their lives and
fortunes and watered by their blood Who will
refuse to give his mite in order to build monu-
ment to the memory of such departed worth ?
| hope not one. Yours, &c. ANXIOUS.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09

The Texas ABOLITION INcENDIAR1Es.-The
Houston Telegraph has seen letter from Waxa-
hachie, where's plot to destroy the town was
also discovered, and two white men hung on
the 21st ult. The letter says that some twenty
odd negroes were to be hung the next week.
The danger was believed to be over, though the
people were constantly watching, and were al
most worn down with their vigilance. The dis
covcry in this place was made by the voluntary
confession of negro woman. Active vigilance
committees, composed of the best citizens, are
carrying an investigation in all the upper coun-
ties. The Telegraph says:
Throughout the whole region, embracing Dali
las, Ellis, Tarrant and Denton counties, the tes-
timony of the negroes has been the same. They
have all agreed in saying that they were to burn
the houses and murder the women on the first
Monday in August They were then to attack
the people at the polls, aided by the reinforce
ment of the expected abolition. band, and having
got possession of arms, provisions, ETC., fight
their way to Mexico.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-09

The DRoUGHr.-Our Farmers arc complain
ing, in all quarters, of the long and excessive
drought. We have had no rain of consequence
for so long period, that grass, corn, tobacco
and all other gpowths suffering naost terribly.
The springs and streams are drying up in all
directions If we are not soon visited by rain
the present growing crops will be greatly injur-
ed. In the midst Of all this dry season the heat
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16
GREAT FIRE AT BUFFALO.
II A " Y L YES LOST!
$4,000 sEara3a Of Property De-
SsE0yed.
BUFFALO, Nov. 10.

BUFFALO, Nov. III.
A fire broke cut as O clock this morning
In the kitchen of the larendon Hotel, and
rapidly spreading, entir ly destroyed the
main building, situated On the corner of
Main and South Division street, and the
wing, extending through to Washington st.
The wing On South Division street was
saved. II. f. amberken, oyster dealer
jumped from the 4th story and was almost
instantly ki led. WIN. Carbon, of the firm
of Carlan & Birne, clothiers, was burned to
death. The building was owned by Arson
d Phelps, and valued at 100000; insured
for $40, 900 in New York and New England
Companies. The furniture, owned by MIR.
Hodges, of the American, and Mr.. Richards,
proprietor of the Clarendon, was mostly
destroyed. Loss 50, 900; fully insured. W.
Ii Peabody, druggist, loses aabout $4,000
abave MS JIsEranco. Minor losses will make
the total loss nos far from $4,000 upon
which there is abb ut $50,0O0 Insurance.
A heavy rain falling at the time prevented
the fire from spreading beyond the building.
1t is rumorcd that servant girls were lost,
and it is tn ought that many strangers may
hays Eerished. 4 man in the 4th sto Y
raised the windoW, ana exclaimed thap he
was a stranger and could not fad the way
out, and could not live another moment in
his room, begging the crowd to save him.
He was not seen again.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16
Latest from California.

ST. JOSEPH, Nov. 8
The Pony Express arrived here this morn
ing. with pe rs TO, and including, the 24th
October.
A new canvass Of the probable condition
of the next Legislature eicits the fact that
seventeen Senators bod over from last year,
and will be members of the next Senate.
Or these, eleven support Douglas, fopr Breck-
inridge and tgo Lincoln. IL is thought i'm
possible for Senator 6 rin to secure enough
new members 20 the Legislature under these
rcumstancss to gain even reasonable
chance Of election,
Accounts trom Washoe state that a new
tunnel, / 100 feet long, had been completed
striking the C,ms salk lead two hundred fee,
below the surface. at which depth the ort
taken averaged 81 200 per top. Tits is al
important tsst Of the extent Of the lead, an,
hniders Of che shares in tne Upper Mexican
Central and other claims on the lead art
uuch elated
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16
From the New Orleans Delta, Nov.
Explosion of the HI. IL. w. Hill
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE

The steamer VIM. II. Levy, Capt. Puck
ett, hence for Alexandria, when opposite
College Hill, waa hailed by the steamer H
H. W. Hill on Wednesday night at about Il
o'clock. The Levy ran alongside and as
certained that the Hill was in distress, hav
ing exploded the third boiler from the lar
beard side.
| AT the time of the explosion there was q
head OF steam on varying from one hundred
and twenty to one hundred and twenty five
pounds to the square inch--the usual power
| but owing to the fact that below Australia
Landing the boat had run over stump
knocking hole in her hull, and no doubt
| thereby aft citing her boilers, this explosion
may be coUectured. q .tt
The explosion is of a curious character
The boiler head is driven out only from the
upper part, and doubled over its CENTER hav-
ing the appearance OF a circular book cover
half closed s
From Mr.. Johnson, a passenger, we learn
that on Wednesday night at H.! o'clock the
after head Of the boiler above described blew
out, passing with its centents, (steam and
water entirely through the engine rooms,
killing the seooud engineer and the striker,
both of whom were on watcn, and also kill
ing some thirty or forty deck hands and
passengers; also badly wounding fifty or
sixty more.
None of the cabin passengers were iujur.
ed except MIR. Lohman, he having his right
hand slightly wounded.
The officers all escaped without injury.
The barber. g. w. Scurry, of Nashville,
add Charles Hagger, of the same place jump
ed overheard and were drowned
MIR. Gliddsn Marks, Of New Albany. was
instantly killed. Henry Foster, of Memphis,
was considerably scalded but lot dangerously.
A young boy, name unknown, who had
jumped overheard, succeeded in gaining the
shore.
1t was a melancholy spectacle to behold
the whole cabin of the Hill strewed with the
wounded, dead and dying, and every person
on board endeavoring to do his utmost to
relieve the suferings of the unfortunate.
Not q female was hurt on board.
The dead bodies made an exhibition be-
yond description. Each body was stripped,
placed on pallet, and laid out on the saloon
deck and covered with sheets.
Some of the bodies are entirely skinned, |
and present. horrible sight, like highly col
orcd Indians Others are stripped of skin |
III '''lous Parts, presenting fearful ap- |
pearance,
1t is said that q certain boat passed the |
Hill at the time of the accident, and though |
the agonizing yells and piercing shrieks of
he dying and wounded could be heard a
distance o. five or six miles, and the boat
alluded to was even hailed, still she refused
LII assistance
The damage to the Hill is trifing COM /
Dared with the loss of life, and beyond the
boiler and the small damage to the saloon
ioor, she is scarcely injured,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16
Explosion Of the Propeller Globe
at Chicago.
Fifteen Liues Lost :

u
Thepropelier Globe, Capt. A. Pratt, lying
at UaIe's dock, betw cen Clark and " ellis ST.,
bridges, Chicago, exploded about O'Clock
Thursday morning, with t,rrible effect
Nine of the crew were almost instantly kill
ed. Several persons on shore were killed by
fragments of the wreck, and number
wounded. The names of the killed, as report
ed by the Journal, are: Be, janin Wilson
and Richard Eorsythe, engineers; Mary Ann
Golden, girl about l5 years of age, who wa:
on deck picking up apples :; james Hobbie
apple dealer; David Gibbons, Patrick Dono.
hue and Peter Barnhard. Four firemen anl
three deck hands are also lost
Tie force of the shock was terrible. The
long block of buildings adjoining on the Norti
side ot the river was shaken as by an earth
quake. The windows were all broken and
ceilings destroyed. Several buildings on the
west side of Wells street were cracked anl
otherwise damaged. One of the tenders o
the boat, weighing about two hundred pounds
was blown through the air, aud hurled into
the real Of Larrabee & N0rth'5 Cry good
store, over block from the dock, in it:
course taking out a circular piece, a fcot il
diameter, from the center Of all iron shutter
The explosion was caused by pumping colo
water suddenly into a hot boiler.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16
An ':Unsyi,oscsonlc ORGANIZATION.

An ''UHsyGaOscsOmc OrsanizatiOn.' -
Only few years ago, the democrats" of
the United States Senate refused to place
Messrs. Chase, Seward and Wade in the
'hairmanship of any of the regular commit
tees, because they belonged to ian unwhole-
some organization" They could not pro-
nounce the shibboletb of slavery, and were,
consequently, denied their full rights as the
representatives of sovereign States. But a
change has since come over that squeamish
body. Messrs. Chase, Seward and Wade do
not any longer stand alone on the floor; and
the Presidents organ, the Constitution, is
forced to admit that, in the next Serate, the
division OF parties will be nearly equal. 1t
publishes the SubiOined fable
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16
The Texas s'Piot''---No Plot at all

In confirmation of the denial, of the abo-
litionist conspiracies in Texas which have
reached us from other sources, (says the
Baltimore Anericaa,) we have LOW the fol-
owing emphatic testimony from resident
of Texas who writes to the Louisville Dem
ocrat:
LAMAR County, Texas, Sept, 1860
MEssRs HARNEY, NUcHEs & Co. Seeing
that the many rumors and reports which
were circulated through our State fe VI
months since, as to abolition emissaries, in
surrections, &c, are being published and
accredited by many of the papers in the old
er States, desire, through the columns of
your paper, to say to my friends in Kentucky,
and the public generally, that all such ru-
mors are unfounded. 1t is true that, during
the exceedingly hot and dry weather of the
past snmmer, there were many destructive
fires in the State of Texas. The town of
Henderson was nearly destroyed, that of
Dallas greatly damaged, and some houses
burnt in other towns in different parts of the
State But the origin of these fires, as far
as yet asccrtained, was ei her from the ig-
n;tion Of matches or some other accidental
causes. | have not been able to learn of a
single case In which there was the ightest
evidence that it was the work of an abolition
emissary in fact, do not believe that there
is one in the State, though there are some
characters nearly as bad
As to the reports that poison has been
found in the possession of the negroes in
various and sundry parts of the country, and
in wells, &C., they are all false. as far as l
have been able to learn. l have not met
with a single man who knows of an authen-
ticated instance. Yet these reports were
published by all the papers in the State,
and accredited by many, and the people in
many parts were excited to desperation
| Who originated these rsports and for what
purpose, are the question which have per
| picked the good citizens of our State for
some time past. Such reports are certainly
calculated to injure the State, and keep
away SHch enigrants as desire to come
| Why, then, should the people of Texas circu.
late and give credit to them9
1t is the opinion of manv of our best citi-
zens, after mature deliberation and thorough
investigation of the subject, that these re-
ports had their origin in the minds of schem-
ing politicians, and are part of that great
plan concocted and being put in execution
to 'nerve the Southern arm and excite the
Southern mind, preparatory to precipitating
the cotton States into revolution"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16
FeejOicinss al the Home Os Old Abe.

SPRINGFIELD, Nov Z.
The Republicans Of Springfield were as
sembled in the hall of the House of Repre-
scntatives last night to receive the election
news, and. as the returns came in good, bet
ter and best, they became almost wild with
delight, and ven I'd their joy in cheers,
songs, spee eches, firing guns, bonfres, and all
the usual demonstrations Of political happi
ness. Tonight has again seen large crowd
of citizens and strangers to hear the addi-
tional returns. Mr. Lincoln, being at his
home, very near the uall, went into the Hall
Il little while, when hundreds Of his friends
took him by the hand and offered him their
congratulations, There will be no grand
demonstration over the victory for several
days, to allow time toF preparations.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16
Let tAe people rule

MORE In TOLERANCE AT THE SUUTH "A Mr..
Hoover has returned to Indiana from Texas,
where he had resided tor some years and has
published letter saying that be was obliged
to fly to escape death at the hands of the
''reeu ators" His offence was that he allow
ed Rev. MIR. Bewley, Metllolist, to preach
in his house. Mr.. Bewley has since been
nung, and his son-in-iaw, Rev. Mr.. Whit,
was in tine hands OF the Regulators at last
accounts, who threatened to hang him rpon
he Same tree. The ago of marty tyrdoln is
gene ally held to be 10. G past but it is only
inst beginning In halt the States of this
Christian country. When 0 d Ate takes his
seat he will iuaugurate different state Of
affairs.