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Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-04-21
ANNOUNCEMENT.

In cur article last week, pointing out
what we considered the more imperative
duties Ct the Constitutional Convention,
we ttiefy alluded TO the ulieet Of the
arporticrmont of representation in the
House Of Delegates, as one that would
require the prompt revision Of that body.
in the olvious interests Of Justice and
Equality. An examination Of the system
Of representation fixed BY tho present
Constitution, in connection with the
United States Census tables Of 1860. OK
hili.s in strong sht. the extreme so
licitudc and foresight with which the
trainers Of that Instrument sought to TO-.
tily and c,..r,mh the institution of Sla-
very, at the expense Of an equal repre-
ren;ation Of these portions Of the State
where its foothold was feeble and eight.
The House of Delegates is to consist Of
not less than six.y-fve, nor more than
eighty members. No County shall be
entitled to less than two, nrr shall the
CITY of Baltimore be allowed more than
four members more than the most poru.
l,us County. Within these limitations
the scntaticn Of the people of Mary
land in the popular branch Of their Legis-
la,urc, SO far as the Constitution of the
State can prescribe it. is forever fixed
The present number Of Delegates is sew
cntv-four. In the Senate each County
his one member-without any ~respcc.
whatever TO its wealth or population.
Let us now glance at the practical effect
of this system Of representation in secur-
ing tho preponderance Of political power
in the Legislature to the slaveholding
Counties and, as free negroes constitute
no part of the body polite. having no
rights" Tin Maryland) (which white
men are bound to respect" we shall en-
ploy in our computations, for the purpose
Of comparison, only white men and slaves.
The SIN ,llest county must have not less
than two members of the House of Dele
gates. 7 his hsrrens TO lie Calvert, which
had. in 1860, a total white population Of
1891. giving constituency Of 1888 to
each Delegate. In the same year Ale
.gany contained q ,215 white inhabitants,
for which she is allowed JDar Delegates.
or one for every 800. It is plain.
therefore, that tDo citizens Of Calvert
WELD as much power in the Legislature Of
the State as seren citizens Of Allegany.
and the reason is that while Calvert COLI
taius 1900 slaves, Allegany is blessed
with only 666; (by the way. mystical
number the number Of the Beast.)
Let us now compare Charles County
with Washington, in the same way. The
former contains a whito population OF
6.705, for which sho sends to tn, Legs.
la.ure two Delegates. or one for every
2,s9S. Washington. on the other hand.
contains 1905 white inhabitants. and
sends Eve Delegates, or one for every
1851. Here, again. We see the citizens
Of Charles outweighing the citizens Of
Washington about two to enc in the law
making power of the State. because this
County = joices in the possession of 1858
elayes, while unbdppy Washington has
but 1885 ..a.ys
The Counties Of Cecil and Prince
,dssres hsvs each three pslssases in tbs
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ACCORDING to the Nary Register. in
1861. Their, were but forty-tw, vessels
recorded n in commission. and now wo
have nca ly doubl, this nunl'er Of iror-
elads alone, This exhibit sh ,w' that the
increase of our Navy has bren the most
remarkable Of any nation on record. and
when VIC consider that this great increase
has been made during time of war. the
interest is enhanced,
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T,r S,cr,,,,v If ~, Nlvy has orla;

TIE Secretary of tn, Navy has orl.E-
ell on, war vessel to b, prepared for the
purpose of testing tn, experiment OF sub
stitutiug p,troleum oil for coal. a COM
mission app tinted by the Secretary some
months, sine, to examine this subj oct
thoroughly, have so far become satisfied
that oil can be used for fuel. at less than
half the expense Of coal. that they have
recommended the Secretary to have the
experiment made Cor sea navigation
Sho lid tn, result be favorable for the use
of oil. it may reince the consumption Of
coal t, point that will makris- cheaper
to the consumer than it has ever before
been known in ii United States.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-04-21

wAsaSo7oy, April ID IN oder to correct
an erroneous inn ression, il Is proper TO say that
the Presi lents order Q y trca last c lures inc
...no.4nts for men raised b, ' lttr enlist,
mems 10 be IN .deul, to the 18th Of April, aai
the .s.ft to comm ,nce as som ther ,af.er as
prac able, 30 authority is given for II. as
sertinn that it will now positively take place on
the Fl ST of Ma. There are more OF less neceS-
say add real sla:s Connected with proper
adjustment Of the rceounts with q view - The
daft. but ad litionar and unreal ones, TO which
currency his been given, serve only 10 increase
the difficulties. rn1uf grrr-
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! From lie ,tu,kY.

LaunvlttE April l7-Hn Thursday Col.
Gallup atacAd 1000 Rebels, killing and
woundng twenty-five, including the Rehels
Colonel AMI capturing fifty prist ner one D.; Z
d'ed horses and equipments. Near onebyvii,e
the Rebel advance came upon Col. Tfues aa,
shelbr.ille, and Which captured 81. Rebels,
and then PRESET onward . ior Coz. HaiIuP;.
Forty citizens Of BROWNSVILLE VII PIED e OF
Grsy's guerilias. IA q 70
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Fisuf NEAR RIyGnoLD.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
CRY an.sr,s MorrMExrs. :

q Lieut.. Gen. Grant has b.,n en- yagal
most of to-day in the War Department
lie will leave tomorrow morning for the
front Fl. seems highly pleased W.T., the
Army of the Potomac. 1t never was in
better con iiton, and is eager for the con-
fict.
THE TAX BrLe. = q - {.
The WAYS and NJ cans Committee " 'ul
mt allow the press to have a synops,s OF
the new tax bill, 1t was hurried oil to
the printer and will not be returned be.
fore Monday. 1t makes two hundred
pages Of manuscript, 5s1zs nc
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CaD.ara Of ! laio.a P.iz,.
MORTALITY AMONG UNION PRISONERS IN
.Fl.. GEORGIA. HOE. ..I-


FonrRrss MoNRoE, April IA Port
Royal paper of' the 18th reports thu cap
ture OF the side-whaol blocsade-rlnner
tie steamer Alliance, Oh tn, 18th. near
Dlwiuskic lslani, Savannah river Sh,
was aground, ami the crew were all na lie
prisoners except six from Nassau Tie
cargo WAS made up OF assorted stores for
the Rebel gov arl!nent. valued at $50, =
900. The Aillau,e was built On the
Clyde. and has three SIN IKE stacks
The Savannah Il paoii,an of the 4th
states. that the ianke prisoners at An
d,rsonville, Ge rsia; are dying at the
rate of 2Jto 2tperday. 20. tt
ePiy.nastec Penn OK AMI lockwood ar
rived AT Port Royal on the 1874 W III
81 10000 to pay all til, troops ii tn,
department. UaG pn'} 24
jacksonville (Florida) adviccsto the 18th
give a list of the wnunied in the hands Of
tn, rebels, numbering $40 IS q 'a''
Nj A IRE occurred Oh Folly Island on the
18th. 9Quartermaster' stores were de.
stroyetit to the value of $50. 900
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TO ADVERTISERS

Tss Civilian anil Telegraph having maeh
LARGER CIRCULATION in the, County thar
aay 1tser os,a- pu,,isssa hore. while out Of
tls ;oarty its circulation is four times larf-
ar. , sf,-l5 4 goal raaiiin for advertising
:. rAr5,7s aracng ITS relAcTs those who are
a5ls - cl7lissrally and pay PROMPTLY. and
vi,,s ,li:on z,uii eo valuasle to busiaess
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The smallpox prevails Il ensively in some
parts Of Losion. One phts,ian theie has
twenty-five cases under treatment. .t
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A bill has been .repo tod In The nrfylvan
legislature TO repeAl the charter Of tas Vsnnet1-
vile rsiltead comisny.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-04-21

Horace GREELEY oy Ben BCrLER.-
At a meeting Of the c n raj Union Club
of Brooklyn, on Thursday last, Horace
Greeley, editor Of the New York Tribune,
del.v .red speech, in the course Of which
he sail:
with General Butler, man with
whom I never voted at any time in my
life--a man with whom ! n.vcr thought
| could ever sympathiz Il do say that
man has shown that be knows how to
deal with rebels better than any mau we
have. Cheers.l 1t is fact that either
these men who undertook to sub:ert anil
ov' rthrow this Governm, mt, or you AMI
l, in trying to put them down. are guilty
OF very graf crime Now. Relieve
they wee guilty of crime, and believe
Ben Bull was right when be ea:d in
New Orleans, Because you are in rebel
Lon against my country you are my
enemy. and I viii treat you as en- mics
Ei,h is the way to treat them; and if
tn had been treated so at Washington
from the start, 1 DO not believe there
would be rebellion to-day. That is all
l have to say on that subject. am for
the Union candidates and expect T. b, fer
them as long as ] live" Cheers
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}. Hcrrings arc arriving at Alexandra Va.
more freely. On Tuesday 10000 were received
saa sold Ct $25 per thousand. -4-..--
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-04-21

Gov. Buckingham, of Conn. has donated 10
Yale College the sun, Of Is, 900.
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A REBEL Gang 9ospRysEo AND BaoKsy
Up.--A letter from Louisa, KY, to tho
Cincinnati Gazette says:
Reuben Patrick, Captain of company
Of secret service employed by order Of
Governor Bramlette, by Colonel g. W.
Gallup. commanding the District Of
Eastern Kentucky. with fifteen men of
Compai > I. 18th Kentucky. and four Of
his own company. at eleven o'clock on,
the NIGHT Of April i. surprised Captain
Bradshaw with eighty men Of Hoge's
brigade. on Quicksand Crock He drove
them in all directions. they leaving all
their horses. arms. and caiup cquipage in
Pl.r.ci's p 'ss .ssi,n. wio selected thirty
Of the best horses, AM with three pris.
olers, made quick tim, for camp. whero
b, his just arrived. having left ten dead
R,bsls. and seven MORALLY woun1ed on
tao ground. The calt rel arms were
destroyed BY burning them. $500
Tbs 10 III, same Pati,k who stole
Humphrey Marshnll's artillery out Of his
camp at ShclbyviIe last spring.
FoR AysArot.s. - The Secretary of
War has directed that all the regiments
and batteries now being raised shall be
rent forward at once. aud there is couse-
quen.iv much activity at the camps.
The 18th Battery will leave Readville on
Sunday. 57th Infantry will leave Wor-
cest,r on Monday, and the SO b and 18th
Infantry will also | ave Readville the first
Of the week There will be some delay
in getting OF the cavalry in the matter Of
horses and transportation but extra ef-
forts will be made to have them go as
soon, possible. The battery and the in
fan,ry regiments 60 BY Annapolis
Bosson J0irnatI h4a tl-"
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Butter is selling IL Cincinnati at Is cents
pr pound.
s...vx- =. 20
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There are eigehtesa Protestant uswsps pers
published In Paris. F-t.l- ~ ID
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-04-21

Tho Joint Committee on the CoDduo<
Of the War have detsrlnin ID, after con-
sultation with tho War Department. to
send to Cairo subcommittee of two.
with stenographio reporter, to inquirs
in.o alt tho circumstances Of the alleged
murder Of Union troops after surrender
ing, at the fist .nrmsa point; and also
into the circumstance Of its being occu-
pied. surrended, &c.
The neishborh,od Of Duvalrs Bluff is
infested with guerillas, who are doing
eonsiierabl, damage to the people. A
a body Of Texan cavalry. Numbering
ioir hundred attempted to surprise q
Union camp at Rossyille, on the Arkansas
fiVer' on the 18th Instant, but they were
;epulsed with l,ss of twelve men kil.i
and n large number wounded.
The Notorious guerilla REYNOLDS and
fifteen of his band were captured by =
body Of Uaion cavalry on Ffid ~ in tbs
n.ig hbolhocd Of Knoxville. Ten more
Of tn. gn li.ll blll wcro killed in tn,
krmish t... r.t.
Gen. Xii atr'ck h 5son relieved from
u y with til, y my Of tn, Potomac AMI
ordered t. report u oaermah at M,mph.s.
lie is succeeded in the command of tho
Third Cavalry Division by Gen. Wilson
Despatch 's from Cairo report the ar
.ival there f sv ril .eam oatsf m tho
Lower Mississippi. 7 lie reb.l Z lie Ia,
line the binks OF the river all irs at |
passing boats: Oac steamer b,eu
captured by til IN above Vicxsburg.
Ihe reb | General Chalmers remarked
to Il Federal oific r at Fort Pillow that ha
Intended to showno n,.,J t)l,n,.nll,
Yankees, meaning I; IN ,sse,las w'phll
AIKEN the oath of all, ,ianY, all ioia,i
The Uaiou army buttiat mi Tia Y.uk,s
would BE- treated as prisoner of war. H.
The steamers Scotia al 0ls .ow hive
arrived with for ign alvicos to til, 6ta
inst Ia, Danish war Wis still gin : on.
TIE Danes are repo,ted to hlva d,:a'el
III, Prussians at Viele. Ths Danish for
ti.ications at CLppel had BEEN tusn,l by
the Austrians an | Pr issians or ,ssing t.
Alsen Island. All the Powers int,res ed
have agreed to tn, no, ling Of tn p o,,sei
Conference on the Danish gu ,stion TIE
Lon o Times says that tn, question of
acceptance of the Mexican throne by
Maxilhilian is still doubtful. All tn,
courts of Europe has agreed to recognize
Maximilian. c nsuls close at 81 a91s.
In the Unit d States Senate yesterday
sew raj bills relating to til. District OF
Columbia. were considered and pasd.
In the House of Represo n.atives yes-
ter3ay a resolution was adopted providing
for evening sessions, the m0rnin s,ssi,l
to To occupied exclusively W tn the con.
8 Ieration Of the Tax bill until it 10 dis.
posed of Mr.. Arnold, Of II n lis, Offer
cd res u;iols, which were passel, in f..
vor Of greatly increased tariff on all
luxurics inlpo ted from abroad, an | OF in
creased taxation on th,s. prll:,l at
me, an t.,t tn, expan n Of the ban'i
circu' alton should be ducci by direct
AVIATION Mr.. Stevens made several :
orts to introduc' joint rcsolutc ms ines a.
ing the import duties fifty per cent. until
the frt o: July, but the House refused
i. requiring two thirds vote to suspend
tie RI! III National Eank BIZ YVES
finally rasscd-yeas IS, nays 6a.-Lalt.
d1atrtcun. .fr
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-06
The Dano-Germsn Question.

The Conference held long session on the
18th June without any apparent result
The London Morning Hsroid treats the idea OF Ger
man privatceis injuring Danish commerce a. an nh-
surdity and saws the threat seems II II were
directed against England than Denmark.
In the British House Of Commons on the Goth, Mr..
Disraeli and Others put sundry questions TO Lord
Pamerston In regard 10 the proceedings ~ the Confer
cnce and tho present aspect Of tho question but Lord
Pahnerston declined TO give any explanation Of what
the Conference had done. He reiterated the statement
Of Earl Russell that the fleet ready and III for any
service that might be required from II.
Mr. Bright asked II Lord PalmerSton could give
any assurance that the armistlce would be pro.
oDgcd lie did not think that Minister Of the Crown
called upon diyugc the secrets Of the Conference
but at the time Il would be satisfactory 10 know u
peaceful solution Of the difficulty would b. arrived at.
Lord PalmerstOn had no doubt that great anxiety was
felt the part Of the country in the Interests Of peace
10 know what was likely 10 be the result Of the Confer
cnce He could only regret that his tongue tied in
the matter. He would however say that her Majestys
Government were labOring increasingly TO bring tho
matter 10 peaceful solution and If they failed In doing
be thought he should be able 10 satisfy the House
and the country that the fault was not theirs.
The subject then dropped
The PARIS Pdfre that EaIl Covley bad asked
whether the Emperor Napoleon would be disposed nj
once TO participate with England In naval deInoEsra
ton the Baltic. and the reply in the negative
IL is stated that great efforts being made to
persede the Duke Of Augustenberg a. candidate for
the Duchies by Prince Peter Of Odenberg who Is allied
10 the family a tho Csar.
The Schleswig islands Of Fobr and Amron had soils
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-06
Additional by the City of Baltimore.

Additional details are published of the fight
between the Kearsarge and the Alabama but there II
nothing OF Importance additional to what is embraced
in the summary per Louisiana.
The whereabout Of the Kearsarge appears TO bt
doubtful According TO one report, she was supposed
to be at Ostend but another statement is that she had
gone into CherbOurg and sent several wounded men
ashore to the hospital there.
II is confirmed that no one was killed on board the
Kearsnrge that only three of the crew were slightly
wounded and that the vessel was very little injured
Capt Semmes had declined an invitation to publC
dinner at Southampton. He is said 10 have gone 10
Paris to report the Confederate COMMISSIONS
Three of the Alabama's officers with sixof Dne Gre"
had arrived at Cherbourg in French plot sew
era men had also been landed by the British snip Ac
tenn
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sword into the prevent the possibility Of It's get
ting into their hands. The men were all true 10 the
last They only ceased firing when the water came into
the maEzes Of their guns, and as they swan Tor e al
that they cared was that their commander sho"o no'
fall into Federal hands.
He reports that he owes his best men 10 the training
they received board the British ship Exeeneh Inc
Kearsarge carries very heavy linch shell guns-the
Columbiads of the American Navy. The Alabama on
the contrary stated to have had only heavy red
guns, and six broadside 32ponndeis.
Capt Semmes was being received in Southampton
with much enthusiasm, and a grand banquet was
spoken Of in his honor. He expected in Liverpool
shortly and the Southern Club in that town were pro
JectiDg public ovation fer him. There was however
feeling OF great dissatisfaction at his having rashy
sacrifced the Alabama
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Her Loss % Killed and Wounded,
and IS Captured.
Capt. Semmes and 40 Officers and
Men Are Picked Up by an
English Yacht.
The LONDON CONFERENCE A FAILURE.
POSSIBILITIES TO RECoMMENCE.

The National Steam Navigation Company's
screw steamer Louisiana sailed from Liverpool about
noon Oh the Dist
The Asia reached Liverpool at o'clock on the after
noon Of the 10TH and the Kedar the morning of the
10th OF June.
The steamship City Of New.York, on June % from
Southampton, arrived here yesterday with two DAYS
later news from Europe.
The Kedar arrived on June 20.
!The Anglesea arrived from Australia with $4,000
The GesdOwer and Royal Standard have also arrived
with slO. 500 and SIS 900 respectively.
The Inman steamer City Of Baltimore, Capt. Aire-
hOuse which left Liverpool at noon on June e. and
Queenstown Oh June %, arrived here yesterday
morning
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LATEST.
LoSDoS, june 23-3i ?. m.
Consols for money. e9i e9i
xxxvIII,h CONGRESS-. FIRST Session
OEN n DO " A7HIhUIVHI
The Senate met at 8 o'clock.
TAX on INCOMES.


TAX or INCOMES.
The bin from th House assessing special tar on In
comes was taken up In Committee OF the Whole. aud
then reported 10 the Senate.
The question occurring on It's passage,
Mr.. MoRoAs Gun, n. " suggested that 1t lie over
until amer Senators appear in their seals
Mr.. SHERMAN (Un Ohio expressed tue nope mat tnc
bill shOud az once pass.
MI CosSrss said that Il was the general consent on
Saturday night that the bill should pass.
Nj NJ ssRR replied that there was no UNDERSTANDING
that the bill should pass without amendment.
Mr.. SHERMAN needed scarcely TO remind the sehatof
that this body cannot originate tax bills.
Mr. SUMNER replied that the Senator could NOT nave
recently read The Consultation, which provides that al
bills fol- raising revenue she'll originate IN the House,
hut that the Senate may amend, ~ IN other Dhr ne
desired TO add provision Tor Tax OF WHISKY on haa.
lie vac aware AZ had been suggested. that the senate
had voted against doing but did y iOoW tnht sueh
q tar would be voted down now They had been IN
formed that the new Secretary OF the treasury au NOT
desire additional means ol the support oil the Go'erh'
ment.
MI SHERMAN appealed TO the senator TO say whether
no desired 10 reopen controverteo restou TO defeat
the bill and thus prevent full force aud effect 10 the
Ynrollment act. Any attempt 90 amend the biii would
defeat IT, He considered his duty would be best per
formed by contributing OF his duty aud PATRIOTISM 10
/ ward the passage OF the biL . 80,
Mr. SUMNER said he wanted to provide additional
means to meet obligations and sustain the national
credit.
Mr. TRunBuLL regarded tho position Of the Senator
from Massachusetts az extraordinary He regretted
the Senator should endeayOr To screen himself rom the
responsibility OF defeating this bill by throwing on the
shoulders Of somebody else The Senator had persist
entity voted agoinst taxing whisky on hand, which he
nov proposed.
Mr.. sUnNER-I beg pardon.
SIR. TRUhBULL said II Ill from the Senator who
Mad fought against the 20 at this time seek 10
impose H. II the Senate had had the influence. on q
former occasion. OF the Senator from Massachusetts
Mr.. summer and the Senator from Michigan (hr
Chandler that tax would have been imposed.
Sir. SUMNER unwilling 10 be presented In false
attitude He had voted for the largest tax which
seemed practicable. When tax upon whisky on hand
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Grent Britain.

In the House Of Lords, on The 2Ist, the Earl
OF Derby called attention 20 the Of Montreal er
chant named Levy who arrived Mt Boston IN British
passenger ship in May last and wa seized and impis
oned by Federal officer before he had lef the ship Nc
cause WAS assigned for the arrest and after being con
fined for ten days he liberated. He (Lord Derby
wished 10 know If any information had reached the
oyernmer n reference 70 the case and whether repa-
ration had been demanded volunteer ed by the Fed
rrnl Government
Earl Russell said the dispatches " Lord Lyons con
tanned no reference 10 the he would however.
make inquiries into the matter
In the House Of Commons, Mr.. II. Berkley moved his
annual resolution in favor Of the ballot in voting for
Ilembefs Of Parliament.