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Majority - 12,315

A TART REJoINDEn. - Ihe .itoa0n news
paper the other day, while INDUCING in a
very characteristic snarl at the report Of
the funeral ceremonies held at Brooklyn
on the occasion of the death of Owen
Lovejoy, spoke Of the late Joseph Hume
as = cold bleoded Scotsman" to whom
nobody paid any respect until after his
death. The Scottish .4met'icun Journal,
in reply, says that Hume was i" the most
genial and kind hearted of men, and
instances the testimony given while he
was living, by Sir Robert Peel and oth-
ers, to his honesty, zeal and services. -
The reply closes with this tart passage:
G" The epithet applied in this case to
Mr.. Hume is a convenient one for GER
tain small class of Englishmen whose
speciality, alike in social, in liteary or in
political life is elaborate snob5ery. 2 They
seem to fear being taken for provincials
unless they are constantly reminding the
world to the contrary by petty inuendots.
They are, in short. predestined snobs, for
travel neither reforms nor instructs them.
Their coclsneyism sticks TO them for life;
and the world generally. as well N their
own sensible ,eountrymen, have simply tn
put up with them as sort of remediless
evil, unpleasant to endure, but still per-
mitsed By an inscrntablo Providcuce to
licxist ga = test ofviee mems paticr,e."
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acter, is to lop the head of the
monster-not by any process Of lynch
ing, but by the sagacious and tanquilliz-
ing measure proposed by the Senate. If
we include in the count the nine States
in rebellion, we shall have. with the ad-
mission of Nebraska, Colorado and Neva-
da, thirty-eight States. Three-fourths
of this number would be twenty-ninc. =
Twenty-Five States are now represented
in Congress. and three more are ready to
come in-Arkansas, Louisiana and Ten
nessee-making twenty-eighty. If we
add Nebraska. Colorado and Nevada, we
shall have thirtv-one' The only doubt
! full State on this great test question i
Kentucky, but as twentv-ninc Will AMI
swer the purpose, we can dispense With
Kentucky. - Af'' J' I
b. We look forward to this contamination
with anxious warnings, with eager an
t;cipations, with devout prayers. When
the doom of Slavery shall be finally and
forever pronounced. and its lips sealed in
the everlasting silence of its dishonored
grave. what glad day will it be for hui
mainly. Such shout of rejoicing will
r,veIberate through the world as hss
never been heard since the morning stars
sang together. There will be nothing to
mar our exceeding great joy, except the
retrospect of the awful holocaust of blood
and carnage which the insatiate demon
d,manded to 81 1T its expiring appetite -
Baltimore american.
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Communicated I
VEsrERSeoRr, Mp, Apr

Mr.. EDITOR AS the struggle is now
over, and the result is certainly gratifying
to all who sincerely have the welfare 0
our State at heart, though the vote wa.
smaller than / hoped to see, yet an
satisfied that it is the wish of the peopl,
of the State of Maryland that SLAYER,
should cease to be.
In looking for the cause of the vote no
being as large as usual. may we not at
tribut it mcasurably to the determination
Of the Judges of Election, in Offering t,
the Copperhcads that bitter pill, in thu
form of interrogatory, when they ap
pearad at the polls with ticket in hand
Many refused it and lost their votes, bu
some, whose tastes were of difreren
order, after many attempts, finally sue
cecdcd in getting it down.
F. 1t appears to be the impression here
that they may be thankful if NOR,
nausiating draught is not placed to then
lips. ''"" 8 = .'''. ..
At meeting Of the Judges of the
Fourth Election District of Allcg,ny
county, held before the opening of tie
| polls. on Wednesday, April 9Th, 1864,
the following resolutions were passed ex-
prcssive nf the course to be pursued by
us in conducting the elections of that day
Reso!ced, That we deem it our duty as
sworn officers Of the law, and as true
American citizens, to grant the right OF
suffrage to all legally entitled to it, and
at the same time to prevent, if possible,
all those who have voluntarily disfran-
chiscd themselves by aiding directly or
indirectly this unholy rebellion.
ReSo'ced That we consider the defin-
ton, as given by Governor Bradford. Of
orr duties as Judges of Election to be
correct, we hereby pledge ourselves to
carry it out as far us we have power.
Resolcet,. That we are satisfied that
every true and loyal citizen to his country
will as freely take the OATH of allegiance
to his country. and with as little hesita-
ton. rs he will his orizans to his God.
Resolred, AS an evidence of the sin
cerity Of our intentions, as Judges and
Clerks of this election, to be held this
day, we take and subscribe the following
oath or obligation.
l, 100 -. do hereby, and here on
the Holy Evangely of Almighty God,
make oath that | have never from the
commencement of this unholy rebellion
to the present time neither directly or
Indirectly aided or assisted by word, decd,
gift. counsel. nor by any act whatever
nor have l secretly rejoiced at the success
of those traitors now in arms against the
United States or at the defeat of those
in arms to protect the Union from the
ruthless hands Of the traitors under JEFF
ferson Davis, the so-styled President Of
b, Southern Confedcracy, and it is my
firm determination TO bear true allegiance
to my country and the laws thereof.
10 all Of which Iswear without equivo-
cations, mental reservation, or self eva
sions Of mind in me whatever, having a
knowledge that perjury is violation of
the law of my country.
Sworn to and subscribed this sixth day
Of April.
+. 9. LYON, J -, -
ISAAC KALBAUGH. Jnages OF
U: DUCKWORTH, D'''''A'
WM, DAppYsMAN, c,arks
JOHN W. PARKER, ~ ...
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The Constitutional COny ntiOn.

Tho people of Maryland have once
more declared their will at the ballot box ;
and this time there is no installing what
TINT will is. Last fall they elected Leg
islature charged with the duty of provi-
ding for taking the initial steps towards a
convention in accordance with the clumsy
machinery prescribed by the present Con-
stitption, They had a right to expect
from that Legislature the passage of such
law as would eTectually protect the BAL
lot box from contamination by the votes
Of traitors, and utterly exclude from the
polls. ayowed rebels. The loyal men Of
Maryland had no fears Of military in
reference" at the polls, on the part OF
their brothers and sons serving then
country in the ranks of the armies Of the
Union; and they did not desire their Sen
asors and Delegates to provide for their
absence with so much more solicitude, tAan
for the absence of copperheads. traitors,
AID rebels. They had no desire to see
/, tie elective franchise exc. ted by those
who had no other design in using it than
10 cmbarrafs the Government. aid the re-
bolIion, and destroy the State. Aware
. by long experience. that to a man STEPPED
!. IN the crime Of rebellion. perjury was
only q vcnial peccadillo; they did moi
neon that the rsete g taking tbs os!h"
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ThankfnffOr Small Favors.

Some Of our Copperhead friends man.
i.essgreat joy because the Uncondition
al Union party did not elect sixty five
members to the Constitutional Convention
tlattcring themselves that thereby the
Convention was defeated. Truly their
cause for rejoicing is thing of greater
magnitude than their wis9om. The Bill
calling the Convention provides that six
ty-fve members should be duly elected
before the Convention could proeede to
work. Niuety-six have been elected, and
if fifty meet they can procede with the
work assigned to them. The friends Of
reform and the Union have elected
sixty-one members, and if the Copper
heads all should stay away, the Con-
yention will be organized and accom-
pliSh its work with so much less delay
and that would be something to rejoice
over. Verify their JOY is greater than
their ~isdom, though they show themsel-
YES not unmindful of the scriptural in
junction 'Despise not the day of snolt
things"
We regret the necessity of spelling their
rejoicing, but console ourselves with the
fact that it is a proper punishment for
their vanity in presuning that all the wis
dom of the nation is Incorporated in the
rebel ranks. The Convention will meet
and will accomplish the work they were
elected to perform without the assistance
of copper. '.t gs '"' j. '.@.
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Loyalty.

It is passiUc that some few sincere and
honest Union me. voted the Copperhead
ticket last Wednesday, but if it be so, we
can only compliment their legally at the
expense of their intelligence. The issue
was SO broadly marked, and so well de-
fined that we cannot see how any one
could be mistaken. In favor of the con-
vcntion and emancipation were found the
whole body Of the loyalty and patriotism
of the State and country. Against eman-
cipa.ion and the convention were arrayed
every man known to be the enemy of the
Government. and every sympathizer with
the rebellion. If it were consistent with
true loyalty and genuine potriotism to'op-
pose the Convention at this time, how
docs it happen that every man in the
State who hates the Government and lov 8
the rebellion, voted against it?
But you do not like Lincoln" Very
well, what are you to do? You profess
to love your country and support its cons
stitution and laws BY virtue of that
constitution, Mr.. Lincoln is your Chief
Magistrate, charged with all the solemn
responsibilities of maintaining and defen-
ding it. which duty he must discharge
under those responsibilities according to
his own judgement and the acts of Con-
grcss. You differ in your judgement
from him in the course TO be pursued to
put down the rebellion. But you are not
responsible to the country and the world
for your course, He is. He cannot escape
that responsibility, the people have impo-
SD it Ga him and b. has accepted it.
lie only mus, account for the manner in
which he discharges it. Your duty is to
give him all the aid in your power in his
measures for maintaining and preserving
your country, because he is the only man
in the country, during his term Of office.
who ia invested with the responsibility
under the Constitution and Laws. of
maintaining inviolate your government
against foreign or domestic foes.
This is no ordinary political campaign
in which We are engaged. 1t is a strug-
Gle for our very existence as nation. =
Our free institutions are on their trial. =
1t is the last and most dangerous to which
thcy-can be subjected Eighty years
have proved them capable of securing our
happiness and prosperity at home, ana q
protecting our dignity and honor abroad.
They have successfully defended us agains,
tho assaults of every foreign foe. They
are now menaccd by the most dangerous
enemy of abby domestic irsurrcction
and rebellion. FIVE suppress this. ca.
reer of honor. of happiness. Of progress:
and advancement in ell The arts If civil.
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Constitutional Election.
|ll72 MAJORITY FOR
A OoN vENTION ! 3
The entire Unconditiou al.
Union Attic mpensa-
ton Ticket Triumph
antly Elected.
Official Result.

Below we give tho oiiicial result OF
he Con titutiona ection on We'd
llcslay last. Tt VII be seen that dc
spite the wholesale Misrepresentation
and wiIful AMI unmitisated lying ON
the part of the Copperhcads, ,he
friends of Emancipation in A legnny
have achieved a most signal victory,
routing the enemy in almost every
locality in our county. The vote for
convention is over two IL enc, and
b for the st,rm in the west emil OF
the cou ty, and the unprecedented
dopth of the snow in that region,
which proven ed many Union men
from appearing at The polls, our ma
io.itv would have been considerab y
increased. Enou.h however, 10 con-
I. ince tile most skep'ical, that the
people DIES ire and Will have 1MME-
rIATE EN- >YCIPaTToN, WITH UT COM
pENsATIoN, this beng the is-ue fairy
boldly and ulequIvpcally put BET re
he voters of AIegany county.
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Ut 4iPFf'
Il. G. LYON, )1 80
U: DUCKWORTH, 1'e''''"'
1 Mn; p v. Panann, Clerks.
1Commun Gated. /

Mr.. EDrroR The author Of the letter
to dear William" has got ".Iesse" sooner
and in different way from that which he
expected when he assumed command of
the pie-bald forces, and summoned them
to rally under him around the copperhead
disunion banner. Ever since the inau-
guration of this rebellion there has been
but oneissue before the people of Mary
land; but one great leading overwhelm-
ing topic to be discussed and acted upon
but one subject. and that subject the
Union. All minds have dweit upon it;
all hearts have been bound up in it; all
patriot hopes have clustered around it;
aud all good wishes and prayers have
been poured forth for its preservation.
Among the loudest advocates of the Union
cause was the author of the letter to our
William" and some of the gentlemen
who were lately appended as a tail to his
copperhead kite A large MINORITY of
the supporters and friends of the east-rnd
of the CaSnt House were unreservedly
upon the side of the Government, and it
was a source of qualification to them, to
know that the man to whom they had
given their votes, in whom they had
placed confidence, and into whose pock-
cts .soolugeodporsion of their ohard earn
| ihgs dropped yearrafter 'yenr, was with
them upon the all-importsntliquesti
But they have at hast come to the conclu-
! sion, that rs be has thrown of the mask,
and prrayed himself with the enemies of
the good 1cause. they can no longer follow
his lead. and instead of believing him as
patriot, rising in the public estimation
by the advocacy of right principles. be is
simply the politician who 'buoyed by
putrefaction, rises as he rots," and th y
have spurned him and his espperhead as
sociatcs. ffsV Hi hnal IT
! An rx.RrsLrr Mag,
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~ SoiieSpoiucIit' Va blc biiIiiiViS -h'tS''
can, writing from Annapolis, says;
Again in this county, where the Gene
raj Government has located one of its
most valuable Institutions, and whose
operations they are anxious to return
here, q allude to the Naval Academy,
has the Union ticket been defeated by the
Rebel Coppcrhead Disunion faction. No
efforts were spared on their part to de-
ccivc and defeat the Union candidates to
the Convention The Sheriff and his
assistants were strolng the county.
aweing aud controlling the elections, and
the cry of Abolitionists being raised on all
occasions, the mass of tn, people were
made to believe that the friends of the
uuion party were laborihg to establish
negro equality, &c. doubt very much
whether the candidates who are elected
can subscribe, with any degree of justice
to the oath which Mr.. Kilbonrn could not
swallow, for they have equally been
prominent in detaming the Government
and encouraging the rebellion Let the
oath directed by the action Of the Legis-
lature be applied to each of the gentlemen
elected from this county, and see if THEN
conscicnccs can permit them to take it,
after the course they pcrsucd against the
Government of the United States.
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CATHOLIC OPINION OF A CoprERuEAD
LIE. We alluded some weeks ago to a
hand-bill sent to us from Ireland. in
which person using the signature Of
"Sacredos' took occasion TO drag the
name of the Holy Father before the pub
lie in the advocacy of rebellion and dis
loyalty Tho scandalous and abusive
hand-bill has been circulated freely
throughout Ireland. Its author is a GER
tain Rev. John Bannan. formerly of Mis-
souri,, and a chaplain in the Southern
Army. He is the same person who took
the letter Of JEFF. Davi, to the Pope.
There are now many clergymen in Ire
land, France and Rome who have con-
cluded to exchange the American for
other missions. These men are doing all
in their power to make the prophecy true,
that the North would prosecute the
Church. Ii disloyalty and treachery and
calunny can accomplish their object they
are likely to attain it, The qualification
of their political prejudices and the pre-
scrvation of slavery, with all its vile asso-
ciatious. appear to be nearer the hearts of
some men than the diffusion of the Church
or the preservation Of what she has al
ready acquired. Cincinnati Ca'hclic
Tlegraph
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NOTICE TO
MERCHANTS, TRADERS,

AND OTHERS.
All persons and bodies corporate orrpo!itic,
in Allcgany county, who are or shall be exerci-
sing or pursuing any business, or shall be doing
any act or thing, or shall be in the occupation
Of any house or place for any purpose for which
license is made necessary by the laws OF Mary
land, are hereby warmed to obtain License or
renew the same, 5et.. .--s-,
On or before tie lat day Of Nay elsuing,il
under the penalties prescribed By said laws for
the infraction thereof -. . ,,-..sl
Those interested are notified Of the following
requirements of the License Laws: :
Traders LicEssEs.-The amount to ne PAID
by traders for a license, (thc- amount OF stock
at the principal season Of sale to be given I'M
del oath, is as follows :-lf the applicants
stock in trade docs not exceed 81, 900 Sl2 90
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Total - 81

All the Union delegates are pledged,
With perhaps the exception of three, to
Unconditional Emancipation those elected
asStates Rights Democrats are all opposed
as some of the resolutions adopted at their
gatherings say, to - Emancipation on
any ferns aH1f HH' ..|. .st
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Over 81 900 and not over Sis

The applicant must either make oath, Is
heretofore, before tie Clerk Of the Circuit Court
Of the county where he is engaged in 'busi6ess,
Of the amount of goods kept on hasf. at tie
principal season Of sale or the oath may BE-
administered BY Justice Of the Peace, when
the person wanting license applies through
az sce.. IF thslass.S course h- sdcpNdss
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NJ A r r I L d

On Thursday the 18th inst, at the residence
of her son, Henry Bruce, near Cumberland,
Mrs. Sarah VI. Bruce, aged eighty-four years,
reiiet of the late Upton Bruce.
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-7s7.7- lTs..ss-sf- ;
ization is open before us, such as the
world has never seen. If we fail, histo-
~, has no parallel to the depthssof igno-
niDy and 1shaaie, of oppression and des-
potism to Will d we shall descend.
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Maryland Election.

FoR AND AGAINST EMANCIPATION.
The following shows the sentiments of
the Delegates elect to the Convention on
the issue Of Emancipation g.. ....s
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For and Against a Convention.
The following il the official vote of the
counties named for and against the Con-
vention iiN h.a ulAt
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ID l II ID q,

On the 9Th inst, by Rev. A. ]. Weddell, Ma
jor Jous II. IiryrIEy, of the End Nd. p. II. Il.
and Miss MARTHA SoysTEE, of tins city.
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ERoM THE FRONT. '}s

Y 'UsAryscrzp modesty is tho sweetest
charm of female excelienHy. the richest
low in the disNen Of their toier t9T24
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE BILL


The Committee Of Ways and Means art
again delayed in the Internal Revenu'
bill, They will not report before mex
week. The report will cover, not only
the matter ofincrease OF taxation, but ini
portant changes in the method Of collec
ton, so that the frauds heretofore practi
ced Twill be prevented, and the rea
amount received p a Ad .gfs-
r i192 THE UNEMPLOYED BRIG ADIERs.
The War Department are overhauline
the unemployed Brigadiers with the in
tendon of reducing the number, making
actual merit the test. Gen. Gerard hal
been dropped. ID 37rs ou ia, a,14RoT
ERoM THE FRONT. s'y. 20
From the frontwe 1earn that the worl
of recepstrnetion il going on. Wher
completed the army will be in better con
dition than ever before. The bard feel
ings at FIRST existing in relation ITO con
solidation are, passing away 5ol d5sd9
The best Of relations, have, been estab
lisbed between General Gfapt and the ar
my. All are jealous to serve under him
THE TREASURY AND THE ADVANCE IN GOLD
| 1t Is stated in financial circles that The
Secretary, of the Treasury has been urged
by some Of the most noted 'fnanciers no
to make any efforts 70 arrest the adyancs
Of the premium in gold for, the present
as it only tends to promote subscriptions
to the new ten-forty loan. 5 p4B5g i
~ :. F ; v
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TO ADVERTISERS (!

tbs Civilian and Telegraph hs7ing a mich
LARGER cIRGULATIcN in the County than
ary other psu,r published hero. whilo out Of
the County its circulation is four times lnrg-
err, it af,ri, god n,iium FOR advertising
1t numbers among IT'S renders those who are
a5lo to buy literally and pay promptly, and
wro5s o1ston woall be valuable 70 business
men.
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the rental or annual value is not

LICENSES To TETAlLI X. OF 81 IRlTU.
OuS OR FERMLNTED LIQUORS. RIACER
BEER.-The amo MT of license to be pad BY
retailers of spritu' us and fermented liz os o.:
lager beer are as follows:--If the value Of the
stock in trade be $500 Or less............S Is 60
Over $500 49, = 80 90
From 81 900 to $4,000 49, so 60
% =" 1900 to 1900 ---- rs GO
1900 to 5000 $500 100 20
- COCO TO 10000 100 80
10000 TO 10000 $500 100 60
10000 to $1,000 40 80
Over 10000 $50 60
Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-05-11
From the New York Ledger
WALLACE KEENE'S REVENGE.
BY AMY RANDOLPH

1t was about half an hour after sunset but
the orange light still burned above the lonely
southern valley. The trembling diamond of
the evening star was hanging over the green
Silences of the fragrant Tennessee woods the
columns of pearl-gray mist assembled, like va
por-wreathed phahtotns from the Intercourse,
and, from the dense thickets that skirted the
camp ground came, ever and anon, the mourn
full cry of whip-poor-wills, sounding faint and
low, like the remembered echoes of dream
1t was a sweet nook in the heart of the unbroken
wilderness-yet Wallace Keene would have
given well nigh all he was worth to exchange
!ts luxuriant verdure, one moment only, for the
pine-clad heights and salt winds of Maine, with
russet-winged robins chirping their familiar
rnadrigals in the apple orchards below and
corn6elds breaking into billowy ripples Of green
at the touch of every hayward breeze.
Nor brave soldier and tried warrior though
he was, would Captain Keene have denied the
thought. Was it not for the security of those
very heights and hills that he was battling even
now? What would soldier be worth whose
heart did not hold a wartr corner for the mems
cries of home?
g Two years ago, this very month, | left
home" murmured Wallace Keene, as he folded
his arms across his breast and gazed thought
fully out where the purple sky seemed to touch
the green pennons of the waving woods. ut
Is just two years since young Harvey told me
with such an imperial air that he never would
give Marion to "a common mechanic'-yet thu