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BALTIaIORE MARKETS.

Dec. 2O.-FLOUR.EThere was more
inquiry for Flour, and readiness on the
part OF holders to meet buyers. Howard
street Super and cut Extra is quoted at 8 so
as, do Extra Sass 81; do Family ia
S13; Ohio Super and cut Extra 50aS8 rs.
DO Extra 25a$9 so; do Family LAS Is Lper
Dbl. Rye Flour Sc Is. Corn Meal 81 Der
Dbl; Buckwheat, per 100 lbs bulk BASS rs.
GRAIN.-Supply of Corn was heavy. about
$4,000 bushels white and 20, 600 bushels vel.
low offered on Change. White is.snotsd
Y SO cts and red at S2aS3 cts per bnshel.
Wheat was IN light receipt. Sales Of 1OoOa.
!2OO bushels psime white at 7oax2 "a. and
100 bushels fair to good red at 2ax2 % ner
pushel. Oats is quoted at IS cts weight.
PRovIs1oNs.-The scarcity Of Hpes md
prevailing high rates have effectuaIly saonned
further packing at this point. Stock Of ali
descriptions Of Meat extremely small Int
there is very little inquiry or demand Coz
tnat which hna is offered: We have only to re-
port 5000 lbs bulk Sides, new, at l6i cents.
they are very scarce; Shoulders are ouoted
at lSa1Sf cents. We notice sale of 70
tres steam rendered and kettle refined Land
private terms, supposed 1871, also,l q small
lot OF city at IS cents; prime Western leaf ia
onered at ~ cents, we quote iobbinp price
20 cents, per lb. Mess PorkEsome It'll
CITY packed here; held at $50 per bbl, but
SEEDs.-Clover was in fair. supply. and
market less active. We quote at 8ax9 25.
rlax steady ats 10 ass Is per bushel. 4
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sg Boston has gone to work liz
earnest. Having accepted the mission
to elevate the negroes, and generally to
set right these miserably disjointed
times, she is working as only new Eng
land Puritanism can in such cause.
The following paragraph, from a ''loyar"
journal of that city, indicates the agen-
cies employed by Boston to accomplish
her designs: -
g "The sailing clipper bark Thomas
Pope, of New York, bound for Monro.
via, Africa, cleared at our custom house
this afternoon, having on board sewn
missionaries as passengers, and 20 600
gallons Of New England rum as part
cf her cargo" 9
Probably no people but the Bostoni-
ans would have hit upon SO happy .
combination. IF that cargo does not
elevate the negroes, human inge.
nuity is utterly at FAULT
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"BOttle'' Butler.

Tim following Renaissance is from
the Memphis Bulletin:
son Monday evening, succeeding the
Baltimore Convention of 1860, a great
concourse ofpeople gathered in front of
the residence of j. G. Breckenridge at
Washington. He had been nominated
for President by portion of his party,
which had seeded from the main body
thereof, and the collection to which we
allude was assembled for the purpose of
receiving his Acknowledgements. In the
course of the evening speeches were
made by Mr.. Toombs, Mr.. Davis and
Mr.. Yancey.
Coward the close Mr.. Benjamin F.
Butler, secessionist from Massaehu-
sets, was called on, and spoke for half
an hour more violently in favor of
Southern rights than any of his prede-
eessors. AS he concluded his harangue,
the writer of this brief Renaissance
turned to Andrew johnson, who hap
pened to be standing near at hand, and
inquired what he thought of it? by
Cd sir he replied, with characters
tic warmth, I never like man to be
more than I'm for myself"
We regret to learn the resignation
of this prince Ct military humbugs las
been accepted BY the War Department
He should not have escaped unwhipt of
justice. 1t was clearly the duty of the
Department to have brought him to
an immediate trial and compelled him
to make speedy restitution for the rob-
berries he has perpetrated, not only
upon the Government, but upon mer-
chants of Virginia and Louisiana, and
wherever that prince of plunderers set
his foot. One suit, now pending in
New York, brought by citizen of
New Orleans, whom he robbed of $780,
900 in gold, is but one of many of
which the courts of justice must take
cognizance. 23g3 s.s a.h gitog b.
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THE HABEAs CORpUs

In case under the recently restored
writ of ha6eus corpus, last week in
Baltimore, Judge Alexander deliy-
cred his opinion regarding the consfi-
tionality of the suspension of the writ
by the President. He held that under
the provisions Of article one, section
nine, clause two of the Constitution of
the United States prohibiting the sus-
pension of the wit, unless in cases of
rebellion or invasion the public safety
may require it, the power of suspension
belongs erclusiyeto the legislative branch
Of the Government, and Congress alone,
having the power to suspend the writ,
has the exclusive rightto judgewhether
in cases Of rebellion or insurrection,
the public safety requires the suspen-
sion, and Congress itself being only an,
agent IN dtis grant Of power, cannot
transfer that agency to another, and
that therefore the act of Congress con-
terring upon the President the right to
judge of the exigency and to suspend
the writ by proclamation was beyond
the constitutional grant of popers to
Congress. That the proclamation of
the President, while it is admitted
would be of the best, is not the only
evidence that war has terminated. That
the rebellion is at an end is made man.
ifest by numerous official acts and con-
current facts and circumstances, all
tending to establish and make known
the one great fact of its end. That
the rebellion being at an end, the ext
gency having passed with the rebellion,
the writ of ha6eos corpus, eohetser sus-
pended by laacfal authority or not, is
aoaO restored aoith full effect, BY force
and operation IF the Constitution.
This has the true ring, and special
reason for graduation, emanates from a
Maryland Judge. When Chief JUS
tice fancy, soon after the PRONUNCIATION
of the Proclamation of Mr.. Lincoln
suspending the writ of ha5eas corpus,
gave his opinion as to the illegality of
the action, the Republicans poured
out the bitterest vituperation and male
dictions upon the head of that eminent
jurist. They sought to tarnish his
memory when dead, by heaping con-
tumely upon his fair name. But the
foul breath Of malice cannot sully emo
bling virtue. Vitriol leaves no stain
upon the pure gold. Of verify, it
was a pack of living Asses kicking the
dead Lion. 'a .'"t "'t
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bg It is common thing to hear
Republicans boast that they are ma
jority of the people of the Union. The
statement is false. The Republican is
a minority organization, always has been
and always will be. In the North it
dominates by few thousand merely,
while the South is aunt against it. OF
the aohole people of the United States,
fye-eighths at least despise its princi-
pies, scout its pretensions and mistrust
its leaders. The fact is lost sight Of
by many that instead of being any
longer Government of the majority,
onr institutions are at present moulded
and our laws enforced by usurping
minority.
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THE DAWNING.

The Legislature of Kentucky has
by a decided vote passed resolutions
restoring to her citizens all the rights
of which they had been deprived dur
ing the war by the hydra-headed mon
ster necessity" We hope our legis-
lators will learn an instructive lesson
from this just action of Kentucky. We
have had the habeas corpus restored to
US, and military subordinates can no
longer take citizens from the bosoms of
their families, without the semblanoe of
a charge Of crime, and leave them to
languish in dungeons for weary months;
or Danish men from their homes, not to
return upon penalty Of death, But we
ask more. We ask that those who
have deprived majority of our citizens
of the privileges of the franchise, by
arbitrary and tyrannical law, now also
reconsider their action. and follow in
the footsteps Of their Kentucky coad-
tutors. During the war it was consid-
cred crime for those who differed with
the ruling powers upon any subject to
dare express their objection. But that
time has passed. We can now exer-
else the privilege of criticising the
acts Of our rulers, without fear of the
sound of the 'slittle BELL" and with no
vision of fortress or dungeon walls to
disturb the placidity of our dreams.
The people will be heard, and ere long
they win rectify the injustice which
mistaken or pretended zeal has in.
ficted upon them. The infallible few
cannot long be held together even by
"the cohesive power of public plum
der" Away in the misty distance
may we discern ''the handwriting on
Q the wall, " which will doom the origi
aators Of this oppression to disgrace
and its supporters to defeat.
!" On slippery heights I see them stand,
70 Add 6eey pillows roll below sd
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S sW Senator Pomeroy, of Kansas,
madesa speech in the court house Of
Bureau county, Illinois, in which he
made this reasonable remark: IT would
rather help tear down. the Capitol than
allow the Southern: States to come back
into the Union without letting-the ne.
gro yoter' That is the kind of senti-
msnt that pervades the benevolent
breasts of the radicals.
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sw Gerritt Smith, in his Chicago
speech, lately, said that g. cd had called
the black man to beour Savior in this
war" 1t is astonishing how familiar
with the inscrutable purposes of the
Most High theseradical politicians are.
They mistake for the true God their
own distorted passions, vengeful hates
and silly attachments.
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czsistnas y Consino m. a
Clau,, With hls rubieun nose snd ;S''.
red face, will soon psy his yesrlr wv,
to I'll good boys and tirls. and; ISL .a's
them Nth such good Shines .of IN =.
son as in his exalted judgment , a.a.
seem most fitting. The yuie log VII
crackle on the hearth, and it's .oen n
warmth win enkindle responsive eio~
in the hearts Of the merry eroans o.. =.
sembled around the festive board.
The merchants have filed their shall.
with goods tempting to the eyes Of tbs
purchaser; the toy. shops are lauch;na
under the weight Of their sccumulate5
fulness the jeweller displays his stool
of beautiful articles suitable for nresent.
and on every side the sound of prepars
ton for the annual merry.makinc greet.
our ears We would call especial atten
ton to the many, articles advertised n
our columns suitable for the ho|;d.x
season. Everything offered can IN .o,n.
way be used appropriately at this sea
son, whether: for present purposes, Or as
presents. % - 80
TIE Neao constdbles-The following
are the appointments of Constables made
by the County Commissioners. al far. a.
we have learned: no. 0 80
District No. l, David Kephart. Cbas
A. Sponsler. No. 2, A. S. Warner.
No. 3, Jos. Erb, Henry Miller NJ
4, Christopher j. Woolery.s No =
George w: Plowman, John Il. Sullivan
No. 10, Thomas Allison. Noa.1I
Simon Bangs. .his---- {. baa algsd7 ,
Important to Road Superviisors:-We
learn thati6the County Commissioner
Ion Monday last determined to abandon
the General Supervisor system, and re.
turn to the old system Of appointing.
special Supervisor foreach road Great
complaints have been made Of the con
dltion OF the Roads in many section, If
the County, and the Commissioner. a.
sire to remedy the evils complained If
Sentiael, l4M. aass s5a3E -.
| The Wedther.-Last Friday was de.
cidedly the coolest day of the season
the mercury during the day ranging
from l6 to 20 degrees below the frees.
ing point, and at night it was bitterly
cold. On Saturday the weather was
more moderate, but the sun had little
power in thawing the ice, and en-
Sunday the atmosphere was decided
~ winterish. Since then the weather
has been moderate enough tosthaw the
frozen ground, and as Consequence
muddy streets are the order Of the dav.
hs-1 81 oif5 fnh
Another 1Sain.--Our citizens will
be gratifed to learn that the Western
Maryland Railroad Company have com
menced running three trains daily-from
Baltimore. This will be. great e6nye.
nience to the travelling public. Trains
leave Calvert Station at 9 A. NJ, IL
P. NJ, and $50 P. NJ. ass 90 Y
tsr---- ialgciit,E- 81
The Shortest Day.-Saturday last
was the shortest day of the year. and
now the days have begun to lengthen.
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THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1866.
CHRISTMAs.

This happy season, when all hearts
should be filed with gladness, comes
again to break the dreary solitude of
winter, and cheer us with the festiv-
tiles the hour inspires. 1t is the gala
day Of youth, because bountiful of
sweetmeats and amusements-the full
measure Of childhood happiness.
{" Let them exultt their laugh and song
Are rarely known to last too long,
It is the day Of all others when care
is forgotten and joy reigns supreme,
because the associations that cluster
around it are of nature calculated Ito
inspire hope, to create joy in the sad
dest Of hearts During the four long
years Of war, when death was covering
the land with pail of mourning and
sorrow-flled orphan and widowed
homes-Christmas as festive season
was forgotten, amid the universal gloom.
But, as the Birthday Of Mans Re-
demption, it was ever the same great
day of joy to the Christian heart
Now, after the severe ordeal we hare
passed, may it again assume its wonted
happy influence in temporal as well as
spiritual affairs, and may we, a united
people, fun Of promise and hope for
the future, forgetful of past differences,
strive to attain, "with malice for none
but charity for all" the great destiny
that awaits us if but true to ourselves.
Let partizan feeling, that has run riot
for SO many years, curb its vindictive
power and moderate its SEPARATIONS
Let US as people, in striving for politi-
cal as well as social ascendancy, be not
unmindfnl that all citizens have their
just rights, without which life would
be burden that many would gladly lay
down. ..--.a. ...-r- III
These remarks fall from us, because
we feel them to be in keeping with the
happy season in connection with which
they are written. Amidst the general
call to happiness, which prevails at this
period, what bosom can remain insensi-
bic to the holy emotion that springs
spontaneously in the heart, "to be at
peace with all men ?" It is indeed the
season Of regensrated feeling-the sea-
son for kiudling, not merely the fire of
hospitality in our homes, but the genial
fame Of charity in our hearts, It has
been said by distinguished writer
that "there is something in the very
season Of the year that gives charm to
winter" and this charm prevades all
ages and conditions of life. It is at
the feast of the rich, and equally at the
frugal meal Of the poor. It is in the
bosom Of old age, and it whirls in wild
confusion the ideas Of frolicksome youth.
Rnt IL IL ever the Same noble sentiment
wherever found, obtaining its origin in
the Nativity of the Son of God.
We cannot permit this happy season
to pass without thanking our patrons,
one aud all, for the support and kind
ness they have 80 literally extended us.
And may we be pardened in expressing
the hope that our intercourse, SO auspi-
ciously commenced, may continue for
many happy Christmases, and prove
mutually beneficial and pleasant, and
that each years returns may be bounti-
full and happy. 45 |
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The San Antonio, Texas, Advocate
has been suppressed by..a Colonel of ue-
gro troops, for the reason that the Adj
vocate published, as q swindler, a Fed
eral Colonelwho had contracted bill
Of forty-nine dollars with the Office and
went off without paying it. The editor,
Judge White, is understood to have
been opposed to secession.
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MARI HE'D.

Near Westminster, on the 9th inst, at the
residence of the brides father. by Rev. He
Holloway, Mr.. EPHRAIM WINTERS and Miss
ROSIE Weaver, both Of this county.
In the Lutheran Parsonage, in Nestmin-
ster, on the It'll inst, by the same, M.
GEORGE +. Lock and Mrs, Susan HxRxIs.
bothof Frederick county, Md. ~
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
0rEycr Co,sp-rrp 49,. ..L.,a =, q 8 !.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 28d, 1865. :
I rs hereby certified that the Bank Of
westminster, located. in the City Of West
minister mn county Of Carroll, State Of Maryland,
Association under.th provisions of an Ae =
entitled Tan Act to provide Z II at;on.i C nv
Tency secured by pledge Of United State.
bonds. and to provide for the circnI,t;or,
' 80 redepdon thereof, approved june sd
1864, with the title q The Union Nss;ou.ii
Bank OF Westminster" and that s cert;f;cats
authorizing the said Banking Assoc;at;on 70
commences the business of BANKING vas -; s
sn on n the 18th day Of October, 1865. from
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Kentucky.

FRANKFORT, Dec 14-The State SEN
ate, by vote of % to II, has passed
the House bill removing the disabilities
iron persons engaged in rebellion.
The House, by a vote of 81 to 8, have
passed the bill pardoning all who have
committed treason against the Common
wealth. The House repealed the act ap-
proved on the ed February to provide
a civil remedy for injuries done by dis
loyal persons-not, however, to affect
pending action. t ..a 60"
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Carolina.

RALEIGH, N. c., December D.
Governor Worth took the oath of Office
to-day before the members Of the two
Houses of the Legislature and num-
Der of citizens. The Governor elect
delivered a short and modest address on
the occasion, saying that the people
felt a disposition and desired restora-
ton of the Union. - dor 8fa
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fIJooTS AND SHOES Hens. Calf
I'D Boots, also extra Heavy Kip and scotch
Boots, Boys and Youths d., 7also Iadies'
Morocco and Calf Boots. of extra grades,
Childs superior almoral Boots, Shoes, &c.,
for sale by EE Crsts.1.
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Virginia.

RICHMOND, Va, December 16.-In
the Senate to-day resolution was in
troduced expressing regret and disap-
pointment at the non-admission of the
Virginia representatives to seats in the
National Councils, and invoking their
reception as preliminary to full and
free. restoration of this State to the
Union. t rf.
Several Senators expressed their OBJ
lection to the resolution, when it was
Withdrawn. '515 at s5s sassw !
In the House protracted debate en-
suea. on a resolution proposing to in
auguratc measures for the reunion of
East and West Virginia. A caucus of
the Senate and House was held tonight,
and the committee on courts of justice
was directed to report a bill admitting
nsgro testimony in the courts, and to
amend the code SO as to abolish penal
ties on free negroes especially. h
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etery an enrlrely independent institu-
tion.SZ HiiL = isG 3,
Objections are urged against the
present site for the reasons that there
are at least four others near enough to
be made available, which are far better
so far as beauty of location and suscep-
tibility of Improvement are concerned.
Besides which, locatedas atpresent, the
Cemetery is . complete bar to improve
ment in the eastend Of town, and depre-
ciates in value, every building lot with
which it comes in contact. Suppose
the company had authority to remove
the dead from the old iburying ground,
as proposed, (and most Of the dead will
be removed even if they do not change
the location, and were to purchase six
acres, which would be amply sufficient
for fifty years to come, and were then
to lay off the land as suggested above,
let us see what would be the result
After striking off the streets and alley,s,
we can have, by calculation, fortty-ffour
building lots to be sold at the discretion
OF the company, and placing them at
the low figure of two hundred dollars 4
lot, would amount to eight Thousand
eight hundred dollars. The Handsome
est site near town can be bought for this
purpose for about eight hundred dollars
and after striking off one thousand dol.
lars for the removal Of the dead, thus
taking that expense off relatives and
friends, there remains the round sum Of
seven Thousand dollars to beaatify and
adorn this "City of the Dead" The
company would then beable to put the
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"A Good IHoension. Mr.. p. B. Nike
sell has secured the right Of selling the
improved metallic top chimney for coal
oil lamps. These ckimneys last as long
as the lamps themselves, and are every
way desirable. The trade are supplied
at New York rates.
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Tennessee.

s NASHVILLE, December 16.-The
Legislature of Tennessee having re-
fused to allow negro testimony to be
taken in the. courts of this State, Gen.
Fisk, the Superintendent of the Freed
mems Bureau of this district, under
special orders from the War Depart
ment, has issued an order which de-
mands that all cases in which negro
testimonyis involved, and which has
heretofore been disposed eff by munich
pal authority, shall be brought before
the court for adjudication. .9sn d3is
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The Shortest Dqy.-Saturday last
was the shortest day of the year. and
now the days have begun to lengthen.
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,,- me EuT.-Our citizens should bear
in mind that the Fair to be given by the
ladies in aid of the new Catholic Church
commences this evening, at Odd Eel.
lows Hall. Those who desire presents
suitable for the Holidays can there find
a select variety of articles. CONNECTION.
cry Of all kinds always on hand, as also
Ice Cream, Oysters, sc. The musical
monkey willperform his langhable part
and a good brass band enliven the com.
pany. The Fair will continue through
the Holidays, and we know of no place
where an hour can be more agrreeably
SPENT ;esaqqlI - d, 5s9 "a, y
Sales Of Real Estose. This dry
Thursday, the executors of Adam Gil
bert, deceased, will commence the sale
of the extensive property adjoining the
city of Westminster, consisting of 203
acres ofland, divided into, a great mum
Der Of fine lots. J. Henry Hoppe, Esq,
auctioneer. Sd
Saturday 'aert, 23d December, the
executors Of Michael Petry, deceased,
will sell q fine Farm containing POI
acres, situated on the turnpike leading
from Westminster to Uniohtown, and
three miles and 4 half from this place
VIM. Brown, auctioneer. a1stsie5
\ IL. ~ = r
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