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Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-24
Latest News.
LATEST DEPARTMENT NEWS.

Special Cor. Of ts Csviisdn and Taegraph.
Latest report from .Staunton is chat
Early, Rosser, Imboden. Jenkins, Jack
son and Fitz Hugh Lee are uniting their
commands there, and will. be prepared
for another raid as soon as the roads and
weather will permit. $3.50,
A general order HIS been issued by
General Sigel requiring all officers te
appear.in uniform, and with their respec.
tive ranks designated.
Information received at Clarksbure
last night, from the Kanawha region, did
not in any way confirm the reports Of
rebel advances in force in that section Of
country. f...a aa-e
The rebels who raided into Bath were
commanded BY Major Chas. Triplet
O'Ferrell. "5f
The rebels have lately advanced q
strong picket to Markings Bottom, Green
brier Bridge. There is nothing further
of interest from our command at Beverly
Court House.
Miss Susan Guelph, who resides in the
neighborhood of Sir Johns Run, was
arrested few days ago. charged with
assisting two Confederate prisoners to es-
cape.
Two daughters Of Mr.. Chas Green, of
Bath, are under arrest, charged with be-
ing concerned in giving information that
led the rebels to dash. in and capture
Messrs. Bethel and Wheat.
The wife of very distinguished rebel
Senator has arrived at Harpcr's Ferry,
and had an interview with General ,Sulli-
van. She says she is disguised with the
Confedcracy, and could not live there
longer. .ttl-
Gen'l Averill is reported slowly resov-
ering. His attack was hemorrhage of the
bowels.
N. DsBree, telegraph operator, late
ly at Green Spring, is under arrest for
indiscreet conduct in regard to the use of
military dispatches. and other charges not
made public.
A man giving his name as Winter,
was arrested at Clarksburg, and is now
held here to be tried by military commits
sion on suspicion of being spy. He
represented himself as member of Gen'l
Sigel's staff. He is German by birth,
and was in a Hanover army.
Hon. G. J. Faulkner was in Winches-
ter three days ago.
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FAIR PLAY.
Communicated
Negro Equality.

This delusion appears to be haunting
some people terribly just at this time.
They insist upon it that emancipation in
Maryland will necessarily be followed by
what they choose to call NEGRO equality"
This is very general proposition, and
o little difficult to understand, but one
thing about it can readily be understood +:
that it is a clumsy, stale humbug, but
still it may mislead few unthinking
people. l suppose they mean by this
term, that the white people and black
people must commingle in all things and
in all ways; whatever the one race does
the other must also do; and whatever the
one does not do, the other in like manner
must not do. So that they must be con-
stantly watching each other to see that
every thing goes on tremendously and
anonymously.
Well how all this can be done between
two distinct and unsympathizing races,
even if either, or both wished to do so, il
is difficult to see, when even the white
race itself, in this State, neither recog-
nizes, nor practices equality among its
people. Everybody knows the poor white
laboring man, no matter how respectable
he may be, is not this day held by our
would-be aristocrats as his equal. No
poor white man can marry the rich mans
daughter, unless he first steals her. The
nabob holds his princely entertainment,
but nobody is invited thereto except those
of his own order, and so on through all
the relations of life. The line of distinc.
ton is as marked as can be. The very
people who are now SO terribly alarmed
at the mere phantom Of being placed
on level with the negro, are the very
individuals who will not recognize MOI
treat the great majority of their white
fellow men as equals. Such being the
case among our own color, is it not worse
than absurd to talk about the African and
the Caucasian coming upon an equality
/ see no more indications now, with o
population of SO, SAB of free colorcd per-
sons, than our ancestors saw in 1890
with population of only S,043, of the
same species of people. Surely. FILL
131 (being the whole number of bond
and free) free colored persons will so GER
tainly bring about that horrid result, we
would have, ere this, or even now, seen
and felt some symptoms of it; f'such a
thing is possible to come at all, We have
at all times had free negroes enough to
make the initiation We might here
very appropriately mention a fact: that
in some cases persons of African descent
have faded good deal in their color, but
that is generally confined to places and
persons, where the doctrine is adhered to
that capital should own its labor" II
those who profess to dread negro equality
so much. will only keep on a level with
themselves all will be well, but il
thoy will persist in their unnatural asso-
Citations, the emnncipationists will not
have much respect for them.
COMMON SENSE.
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principle of self-government in Poland
by which all connection between the no.
bility and peasantry is entirely severed.
Warsaao, March 6,-At noon to-day
an Imperial manifesto announcing the
emancipation Of the peasants was solemn
ly proclaimed in the public squares of
this city, -
The Merscan T1rone-Aouements Of the
Emperor Elect.
PARIS, March 5.-The Archduke Max.
imilian has arrived in Paris by railway,
and is on his way to the Tuileries. Prince
Metternich went to meet him at the from
tier.
PARIS, March 6.-Ths Archduke and
Archduchess Macmillan were received
on their arrival at the Tuileries last night,
blythe Emperor and Empress.
The Memorial Diplonatique of to-day
says: The delay caused by the indispo-
sition of the Archduke Macmillan will
only allow him to remain four or FIVE days
at Paris, since, independently of the visit
of courtesy which the Archduke has to
pay to her Majesty Queen Victoria, cous-
in to Princess Charlotte, the latter has to
take leave of her illustrious father. who
will remain one month in England.
The arrangements for the Arcduke's
departure from Trieste will be completed
on the 18th inst. The Archduke has de-
clared that he will officially receive the
Mexican deputation Immediately upon his
return to Miramar. The deputation will
pass through Vienna, and will be received
by the Emperor of Austria. The Arch
duke, however, requires that the final ac-
ceptance Of the crown shall take place in
in the same chateau Of Miramar, where
it was offered to him in the month of Oc-
tober last. The Mexican deputation will
this time be accompanied by certain
number of Mexican notables. among
whom we may mention NJ. Aranzorc, for
merly Minister of France; NJ. Murphy,
formerly Mexican Minister at London
Colonel Fation and several Generals and
superior officers made prisoners at the Ia
king of Puebla, who have fastened to
give their support to the government Of
Macmillan.
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A SHAREHOLDERS ON SLAyERY--At a
Union meeting held at Gallatin, Tennes-
see, in the last week of February, speech
was delivered by Mr.. John Brown, Of
Smith county, Tennessee, whose only son
was recently killed in the Rebel army
This man has always been a STAKEHOLDER,
yet he spoke of slavery in these terms:
He thought that it might be that they
could do much better in Tennessee with
out slavery than with it. Its benefits, if
ever it had any, had been confined to a
few. 1t had only served to build up an
aristocratic minority.
He had spent his life in the State, and
he regarded the vast majority MS having
lived almost as completely subjugated
and enslavcd as the negro. DISTINGUISHED
by the law of society from the higher
Offices; left without the means Of proper
education and forbidden the right Of free
speech, except upon subjects as the do
minant class might prescribe, non-slave-
holders had been deceived and used by
that arristocratic few. s. te
The destruction and removal Of slavery
emancipated that vast majority, and
opened to their labor, industry and en-
terprise, aterritory rich in all the elements
Of prosperity and greatness.
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all the able-bodied male slaves having
left their masters and the State; in view
all these things we had supposed that a
man might advocate emancipation in the
State of Maryland. without laying him
self liable to the intended to be opprobrious
epithet of "Aboitionia." What do the
Emancipationists of Maryland propose to
do, which entities them to this name.
Simply to recognize in legal form the
fact that slavery in Maryland is ar. er-
tinct. dead institution, and to enable its
Legislature to wipe out from its statute
book the oppressive laws. most of which
were placed there by the rebel Legisla-
ture of 1860, and which live only to OPP
press the poor taxpayer, and to retsId
the increase of our population, and the
development of the wealth and power O
our State, BY preventing free white men,
who labor, or who have capital, from
coming into the State, because its law.
recognize slavery as its leading institu
ton.
Secret path marks secret Eoe." On
Saturday night last, we are informed
that in pursuance of the call in this anon
ymous circular, some half dozen persons
met in lawyers Office on Baltimore
street, secretly, and that the East and
West ends of the Court House formed
part of this number but what was the
result of this secret concldre, we have moi
yet learned further than that the doing.
have given great satisfaction and encour.
agement to the open and unmitigated
"secessionists' of this place. This fac
we presume is one of the evidences of the
forthcoming of such ticket as t,u,
Union men can honestly rote for',' at al
events if they succeed in making ticket
it will be tsuch a ticket as true secession.
lists "cam honestly rote .j@."
"Secret path marks secret toe." We
had right to expect from the ~est end Of
the Court House a different line of action
as by the regular nomination Of the I'm
conditional Union party he was elevated
to his present position, and indulge the
hope that he has incautiously suffered
himself to be placed in this false position
and will at once take steps to place him
self fright in court.
We will in conclusion only repeat ''se-
cret path marks secret toe' with the eau
ton that no 'true friends Of the Union"
have, or can have any hand in this move
ment without being caught in the "seces-
sion trap or faction" .rat.
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The Difficulty ii Kentucky-GOv
Bramlette In Trouble Again.

CINcINNArI, Marh 16.-Political af-
fairs in Kentucky are in most dis
turbed and unsatisfactory condition again.
Governor Bramlete telegraphed to the
Provost Marshal General of the State.
at Danville, yesterday, that if the Gov
eminent did not stop the enrolment of
slaves in the State, he (tho Governor)
would.
He also telegraphed to the Rev. DR..
Robert Breckenridge. the distinguished
Union leader, to come to Frankfort.
Mr.. Breckenridge replied that he did
not approve of the course taken by the
Governor at all, and If he expected him
to sustain his course there was no use OF
his coming to the State Capitol. lie
preferred to remain among the people.
Bramlette then asked Breckenridge to
60 to Washington sad consult with the
Government.
This would indicate that Brsmlette is
not ready to carry out his threat, and
thus nullify the National Law.
The Union men f the State have taken
decided stand in hvor of the National
Government, and are determined to sus-
tain the proper officers in the enforcement
of the Federal laws in the State
DR.. Breckenridge, who is tower Of
strength in Kentucky, stands with them
firmly and unchangeably. 49,. $500.
The Union men are also arranging. for
State Union Convention. They repu-
diate the action Of the Guthrie Committee
in calling for Convention to send dele
gates to the Chicago Copperhead Conven-
ton.
They will be represented in Baltimore
next june, and in their State platform
they will take the ground that slavery is
dead, '''"
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Another Draft Ordered.
100000 Men Called Fm-A Reserve
Force to be Organized.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,

ADJOlASI uhNEhAL OfFlC1,
Washington, March, Is, 1854.
General Orders, No. Additional
draft of 100000 men.
The following is an order by the Prcsi-
dent of the United States:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington,
March 14-In order to supply the force
required to be drafted for the navy, and
to provide an adequate reserve force for
all contingencies, in addition to the $780,
900 men called for February LIST, 1861,
the call is hereby made. and draft or
dered for tmo hundred thousand men, for
the military service of the army and navy
and marine corps of the United States.
AT the proper time, quotas for the diff
fercnt wards, towns. townships, precincts,
or election districts, or counties, will be
make known through the Provost Mar.
shaPs Bureau. An account will be taken
of the credits and deficiencies in former
quotas. The 18th day of April, 1864
is designated as the time, up to which the
numbers required from each ward of q
city, town, &c, may be raised by volun.
tary cnlistments, and drafts will be made
in each ward of a city, town, &C., which
shall not have filled the quota assigned
to it within the time designated for The
number required to fill said quotas.
The draft will be commenced as soor
after the 18th of April as practicable.
The Government bounties as now pait
continues until April LIST, 1864. at which
time the additional bounties cease. Or
and after that date 500 bounty only vii
be paid as provided by the act approved
July %, 1861.
TSigned] ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Official.
Z. D. Townsend. A. A. G.
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Movements or Dlsilngu iShed
Persons.

CINcINNArI, March 2l.-Lieut. Gene
raj Grant and wife went East on the night
express train last light. Governor An
drew johnson and his family were in this
city yesterday. Major General Butter
field passed through, bound for Washing
ton. General Sherman and wife go
South in day or two. Brigadier Gen.
Rawlings, Van Rensselaer, and Slemmer
are at The Burnet House. They are all
going home, The HURT Court Martial
was concluded on Saturday, and the
Court adjourned. Major General Cor
don Granger is not sick in New York, as
reported, He is in command Of the
Fourth Army Corpsf with his headqaaf-
at London, Tennessee. and Is in excellent
health.
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From the Army OF the Potomac.

WAsmYaToN' March 21.-Letters from
the Army of the Potomac says that moth
ing CT Importance is occurring.
An order has been issued from the
War Department that all men who have
been transferred from their old regiments
to others for the purpose of serving out
their time on account Of not re-enlisting,
according to former oder. shall DO i'm
mediately returned to their original or
ganization.
Lieut.. Gen. Grant is soon expected
to review the army, and great prepara-
tons are accordingly being made.
Deserters come into our lines at an
average of from six to eight day.
A number of the sick will very soon
be removed from the army.
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COMPENSATION.

A great cutlery is being made by certain
would-be true constitutional Union men in
regard to taking private property Gin the
shape of negroes) without compensation.
Freemen of Allegany, do you know that
you have for years been buying and pay
ing for these negroes and yet have nc
ownership in them?
Under the laws of the State, negro
man between the ages of twenty-one and
forty-fve years old is assessed to his mas
ter at four hundred dollars, and pays tax
for him at that rate, though that same
man would have brought before the re-
bellion twelve or fifteen hundred dollars
If you had horse worth eighty dollars
you had to pay tax for him at that rate
If your horse, in running away, go'
killed, the State did not pay you one cent
for that horse. But if the negro gets
hilled in attempting to run away, the
the State pays for him. and you are taxed
to make this payment, and not at the
taxed value of the negro, but at more
than double. As an illustration of this
matter: the last session of our Legisla.
ture passed bill directing the Comp.
troller of the Treasury to issue his war
rant on the Treasurer to pay to citizen
Of Anne Arundle county the sum of one
thousand dollars for negro man shot by
an officer, who was attempting to prevent
his running away; from this wound The
negro died, and was appraised by two
citizens of that county at one thousanc
dollars. This was all done in conformity
to the laws Of the State, and although
the State received tax on him at foul
hundred dollars, the owner was by your
laws entitled to receive from the State
one thousand dollars. Is this compensa'
ton 4? Arc you willing to stand such
compensation ? If your house or barr
is worth one thousand dollars, it is assessed
at that, and you have to pay the State Q
tax on the full amount, but if your house
or barn be burned by an incendiary, the
State don't pay you one cent for it, moi
even if it be burned by the rebel friends
of these "true friends Of the Union"
1t would be an interesting calculation
to make, as to how much tax you have
paid for committing, taking up, adver-
Using and boarding runaway negroes
how much you have paid for negroes
hung for raps, murder and other capital
crimes how much you have paid for ne
groes banished the State, or killed in at
tempting to arrest them as runaways
how much you have paid for the support
Of superannhated and helpless negroes
left by insolvent estates. If such cal
culation were made you might find that
you have been robbed of more than the
valde fixed by law Of all the negroes in
the State; and yet the State and General
Government have provided to pay four
hundred dollars for every negro man
manumitted and mustered in the. Union
army, and yet these "true friends of the
Union' talk about Abolition" "roJbery'
and compensation"
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Communicated.
GRANVILLE. Mp. March 81


Mr.. EDrroR-The printed circular sent
here some days ago, calling for a "Cen-
sentative Union" County Convention,
was responded to on Saturday last, by a
meeting of the regular sesesh party.
There was not conservative Union man
or any other sort of Union man, in it;
they were, every man of them, of the
same party that has been fighting the
Union cause ever since the beginning Of
the rebellion. The delegates appointed
to Cumberland. are all of the same stamp.
Look out Union men. the same old snake
is about with its teeth as full Of poison as
ever. If you are bitten, it will be your
own fault. You have heard the hiss.
The Union men of No. will vote the
Union ticket to man, and the other will
vote the ticket to be made in Cumberland
on Wednesday next, provided anybody
silly enough can be found to go upon it.
UNION.
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THROAT DISEASES. We would call
attention to Browns Bronchial Troches. ;
We have found them efficacious in allay-
ing Irritation in the Throat and Bronchia,
and would commend them to the attention
of Public Speakers, and others troubled
with affections of the Throat. They are
also an excellent remedy for Hoarsencss
resulting from ccld.- Congregationa!ia,
Boston.
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FREDERICK COUNTY.

The Unconditional Union men of Fred
erick county met in Convention at Fred
erick on Saturday last, and nominated
Messrs. Frederick Schley, Upton Buhr-
man. Samuel Keefer, Andrew Amman, Da-
vid J. Marley, Henry Baker and B. A.
Cunningham as Delegates to the State
Constitutional Convention.
Only one of the number, Mr.. Upton
Buhrman, was member Of the last Leg
islature. 800
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KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That the Copperheads and Sccessionists of
our county wish to impose upon the people
of Maryland, TAX OF TWO MIL
LION OF DOLLARS, to pay for the ne
groes of rebel Slave owners in other parts
Of the State. ..-
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Attention Company Volunteers. ,o'io
expect to retain their health unimpaired
during the campaign, must see to it them
selves, do not trust to the Army Surgeons
supply yourselves with HoLLowAYs PILLS
AND OINTMENT. Every English Soldiers
Knapsack contains them. Only 25 cents
per box or pot.
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For q Convention.

KEEP TT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That by the present worn out Constitu-
ton, the soldier in the field fighting for
the flag Of his country, is not permitted
to vote, and that the Coppcrheads and Sc
oessionists are opposed to convention to
amend il.
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KEEP 1T BEFORE TIE PEOPLE,
That the Copperheads and Secessionists of
Maryland are opposed to convention to
reform the State Constitution, and thereby
oppose the adoption of system of gen.
eral free schools in the State.
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Commanders for Drafted Men.

The Secretary Of War has issued an
order resembling the authority of Cover.
nors to appoint oommmdants for rendes-
voux for drafted men. 4 aaf =
Transfer Of General fitzpatrick.
9i There is . rumor to the effect that Gen
eral Fitzpatrick will soon be transferred to
another Department.. asd VII havs q
iuRsstg14 esusn&sa. Mlt +"