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I Within the past week three old and
highly respected citizens have departed
this life, all of whom were members of
the Association Of Old Defenders Of
Baltimore, and bravely defended the
city during the attacks Of the British
and Hessians In the war of 1812-14.-
Their names are as follows: William A..
Schaefer, Esq, for many years an intel
ligent and efficient Magistrate, aged "a;
Archibald Holland, Of Laurel, Prince
Georges county, aged 81 and William
r. Nicholson, of Baltimore county, aged
so years. These were brave men, and
rendered effective service at North
Point and other places where the State
swas threatened with invasion. IS &c
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THE STATES.

Each State shall at least have one repre-
sentative. Constitution of U,aited States.
Bgr As the Disunion Radicals in
Congress entirely ignore this document
for higher law, of course they have
got past such sentiments as the above.
The Southern States had the right and
power to assist in ratifying the Amend
ment abolishing Slavery; and the Of
fetal declaration Of the ratification OF
that Amendment explicitly says: ''The
whole number of States in the Union
is thirty-sir. But when Southern
members present their credentials to
Congress, Thad. Stevens and his party
have the effrontery to say ''they do not
know TENNESSEE" and call Louisiana a
Territory! s..
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{ S a r u r d Az

the 10th inst, to appoint FIVE
Delegates to meet in Westmln-
ster on Monday next, to send
representatives to the State
Convention held in Balti-
more on the Oath inst. next
6 Wednesday. The time is short,
and prompt action is necessary.
z Citizens Of Westminster Dis
trict will meet at the Court
House at 2 P. M. on Saturday,
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Free and Accepted Order of Masons Of

Free and Accepted Order of Masons of
Carroll county.
By Wardman, to compensate certain
parties for services rendered the State.
The Committee on Corporations re-
ported favorably the bill to amend the
act Incorporating the Western Mary
land Railroad Company. The bill was
passed. 1t increases the number of
Directors, two of whom are assigned to
/ Washington county
Mr.. Rinehart, of Frederick, reported
bill to construct road from Union
Bridge to Unionyille, Frederick county.
A bill was passed incorporating the
Baltimore and Libertytown turnpike
company of this county. !
The Legislature was not in session on
Saturday.
On Monday in the Senate the House
bill to increase the number of Directors
of the Western Maryland Railroad
Company, and two of such Directors tc
be citizens of Washington county, was
passed. IS
/ In the House Mr.. Norris presented a
bill prohibiting the sale of liquors with
in two miles of Freedom and Trinity
Churches, Carroll county.
A favorable report was made, on the
bill authorizing the Commissioners of
Washington county to subscribe to the
capital stock of the Western Maryland
Railroad Company.
The bill Incorporating a company to
build turnpike from Union Bridge
Carroll county, to Uniontown, Freder
lex county, was passed. pta
| The bill incorporating Freedom Lodge
of Masons was also passed. m
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PRICES, OF BEEF CATTI IL

~ hAtSIolQF DEEf CATILE..s
Very best on sale. Z. a :. :. S55a9
mat generally rated first quality 75as4c
Medium OF good fair qualify. ~. = 5aa7'c
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and Cows a5fe
Inferior and lowest grades of Cattle 83a4
General average OF the market. &C
Extreme range OF prices. .. =. 49, = 35a9 r
Most of the sales were from & s5lo
fraiaf Ytd glp9SHEEP. ae,h ~
The supply of sheepis fully equal IL t. tho
demand L; and good ones are selling at, Gas
HOGS. r,
The supply of Hogs has been quite large
during the week, and under the ;nf1nencs 81
heavy receipts prices have been unsettled.ig
McClelland Il Logan report sales dur;no
the week at 133al4f cts ID nett. .'9',T,s
Sam. Wilhelm & Co. report sales at la1a
IA cts ,iio 80 ags f73i $50 ~"
Ulery d Sherry report sales at 123aI ID, OTIS.
~ Packers are buying moderately at l23 cts.
The market to-day is regarded as dull. with
downward tendency; good Hogs selling
slowly at l3al4 cts per lb nett.s IN ,4sf 4eol :
| JANUARY l7.--FLoUR. The market gen..
orally Steady, as follows Howard street
super and cut Extra 50aSS rs, do Extra
/ 8 31aS9 81; do Family 12aS13; Ohio suner
and cut Extra s PASS so; do Extra 9rl5Oa
! SO 25;;'do Family 12aSl8; Northwestern
super s 25aSs 90; Chicago Extra. choice
25aS9 so; City Mills, good to.fancv brands
snper, 8 50a$9; do shipping brands Ertra
4 ST. IS; standard Extra 8 25aS9 so: Balti-
more, WEIGH and Greenfield Family SIS.
do high grade Extra So per Dbl. Rye Flonr
new, 75a$6. Corn Meal-City Minis and
i Brandywine 81 per Dbl. Buckwheat BASE %
per 100 lbs bulk.
| GRAIN. The sales include 1900 bushels
4 Pennsylvania red Wheat at, So 35, lao do
prime at 50 43 per bushel Of Corn. 700
white and 1890 bushels yellow offered. and
the sales comprised $500 bushels yellow at
/ 81 cts, 240' do at so cts, and $50. bushels
mixed at &c cts per bushelANo white renor-'
ted, Oats were in limited supply, no sales;
held at 52a53 cents.
PROVISIONS. There was more or confidence
evinced on the part of the trade, though the
market was inactive. scope bblwas offered,
Tor Mess Pork, and 49, cts for Lard. West
ern, BULK A Meats are quoted at I3 cts for
Shoulders, and 154al6 cents for, Sides.t-..
Bacon l53al6 cts for Shoulders, 18a184 cents
Efor Sides, and 23a25 cts per ID for Hams,
the outside, for fine sugar cured.,s -sssiisas i
SEEDS. There was more inquiry for prime
4 Clover, for shipment, but the offerings were
small, and mostly. of lower quality which,
which are not wanted. We quote for fair to
I good 7 50a$7 IS, and prime So per bushelI.
othlng doing in Timothy. Flax We quote.
steady at i10a$3 Is per bushel. "a ; 1,
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Public Meetings.

be- The citizens Of this
county who are in favor of the
repeal of the Registry Law"
are requested to meet in Mass
Convention in the several Dis
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THE NEW GOvERNOR.

A1E NEW GOVEkNOR.
The Hon. Thomas Swami, Mayor of
Baltimore when that city enjoyed the
reputation Of being the worst governed
in the Union, was inaugurated on
Thursday, the 11thsipstant, as Cover
nor of Maryland. 4 1t was doubtless
great day of rejoieing for some of the
Governors quondam friends, as he now
teontrels the flesh pots Of the State
yet We must candidIy confess they con-
tain but little at this time; but he can
dispense few official blessings in the
way of appointments, and we trust the
Governor will not be SO unfaithful to
the trust that friendship imposes, ors
ungrateful as to neglect the near and
dear friends with whom he was on
terms Of such close intimacy in 1856.
We scarcely think it likely that the
Governor will be unmindful of past as.
sociations or early friends, if we are to
judge from the tone of the oe,y excel
lent message he has just addressed to
the Legislature, in = which he pays
such pretty compliment, and no
doubt deserved tribute, to the chosen
little band of followers that placed him
4a.ft
in his, present position, which, is but a
resting place on the highway to the
United States Senatead He says %
nThey are the men to whom you are
1 indebted for the safety, Of, your State
and the property which you now enjoy,
| and without whose uncompromising de-
votion to the Union Maryland would
have, been handed over to indiscrimi-
nate. destruction. - ~ 49 f555
Excellent we have termed the mes
sage, because Of it's erazted tone, and
I liberal as well as conservative sentiment.
But it strikes us very forcibly that he
now entertains very similar views to
Fthose that brought him and his party
into just odium and disgrace previous
to the reform movement that purged
Baltimore, city, of. Swami influence and
its attendant evils. Notwithstanding
| all this, our Governor, of whom we feel
SO very proud because we didn't vote
for him), is certainly a very remarka-
bic man IN some respects. It may be
natural with him, Or it may be that
events have so moulded him. But in
either event the remarkable feature is,
as we conceive it, not very, enyiable in
the character of any man. ,,a,a
In these unhappy times, when every
honest man is using his earnest endeav-
ors to have Cancellation reduce the tur-
bulenee Of political feeling to proper
| and peaceable status, it is certainly de-
plorable that T. omas Swami is Cover
nor of the State of Maryland. Deplo-
rable because of his bitter partnership,
and because that, as he has distinctly
shown in the past, he would prefer an
archy, if accompanied with power and
| position, to peace with the lot Of pri-
waite. citizen. But as this man was the
precursor Of peace and reform in the
city Of Baltimore, we trust that such
may be his position to-day towards the
welfare and reformation of the State,
and we will be heartily thankful if he
be the lastof his line and race. Az.
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HAGERsToWN MAIL.-This able
Democrats journal comes to US this
week enlarged inform, and is now one
ofthe largest, as it has always been the
neatest, county paper in Maryland.
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s9The emora1 idea minority. of
Baltimore have for several years past
been controlling the Corn and Flour
Exchange Of that city, aided by bayon-
cts and military law But thsirpoWer
has departed On hast Monday the ans
nual election was1held, the sShoddyiteas
made tia political question, as usual, and
they were defeated by large ma
jorityl These fsctionists know we'll they
would meet the same fate throughout
the State if the people could have their
say, hence the Registry Law is held to
with the tenacity Of desperation, ~. ~.
Cxrv Hr1-tx, Mrrxsc. A. r. = = -
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Tf w eoare indebted to Senator Bill
lingslea, fof Carroll, fora copy Of Cover
nor Suannas Message; also for the
journaIof proceedings.
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DEATHS

Near Westminster, on the 9th Of Deem.
Der 1869, FRAsANNAa MANsHAN aged 81
years, 3 months and 20 days. ! She has gone
to dwell with. Jesus, and may her Mother
and Father meet her at the gates of Heaven
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SWANS MEssAaE a ng-necked
document. s nan 81
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BALTIMORE LIVEEl STOCK MARKF7

RECEIPTS. .t4.,f an
"a. IS r., a..51. J,JA4SUARr II, 1866:
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Come a.. Running |!
A usct lone err !

the undersigned respectfully solicits the pa-9
tronage Of the public. -.ad4 ,
= janl8-sm.s 81 WILLIAM DEEPLY. '9ns
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HgSale bills of all kinds done at
the DE9Il'ocRATIcs -ADEecATEOh Office. ii
Smyrna times., 1866-06-06
THE NEW S.

Judge Underwood 5 Court opened Yesterday
at Richmond, and it is now probable that some
indication may be soon afforded as to whom ,nJ
Where jeff DayiS will be tried.
1t has been legally settled that the exor,p-
ton OF National securities from Federal State
or local taxation, dOeS not eXempt Bank stocks
from such taxation, though the capital of the
Bank may be mainly vested in those securities.
The citizens of Alexandria are moving be-
yond the corporation limits to escape their ONT.
TaSeouS taxes lndependant Of the Internal
revenue, United States license, State. and
county taxes, the city expects to raise 5000 0OC
out OF population of 5 1000 whites and blacks.
1wo-thIrds OF the stores are for rent, and bust
ness Is being driven from the place. Adams
Express Co., having been assessed $500 by the
Rebel municipal authorities, is among the
moving masses.
The Treasury Department has ordered cir
cuiar to be sent to every Postmaster receiving
over 5000 from his office, requiring him to
show that he has paid his income tax.
Grover & Baker have applied for reissue Of
their 1t year patent. The last day of filling
arguments IN opposition was Monday, June /.
The movement in the Raleigh, n. G. Con-
Tentlon, at Its opening, to effect an adjourn
1AOnV' ID wen uuupISlOOu TO nave been a Rebel
4rtlhce but the Union element was too strong
1t Is expected the State Constitution will be
Tem5odeled so as to exclude prominent and
leading Rebels from citizenship.
The remains Of the late Lieut.. Gen. Win
held Scott were committed TO the earth ON Fri
day last at West Point, with appropriate and
deeply impressive ceremonies. There was =
very large attendance of distinguished men
from all professions and caingS, including
deputatlOns from the National CONGRESS. from
the army, the navy, and from many municipal
governments. The day Of the funeral was oh.
served throug the country by the display of
mourning Insignia and in several cities 6usi-
ness was wholly, or IN part, suspended.
At the Buckeye race in Cincinnati. Nav 81
the trst race OF mile heats was won bv Under.
Mood four year-old Revolver" full weight
Ilme-second heat l.44I. This is considered
the fastest time on record
The Hon. +. d. Culver has resigned the Of
fce, OF United States Minister to VeneZuela
and returned home. The Hon James WiIsor
OF Indiana has been appointed to fill the va.
caacy.
Smyrna times., 1866-06-06
STATE AND LOCALS

IHE DELAWARE RAILROAD EXTENSION
we understand that the work on the Eastern
Shore Railroad, the extension of the Delaware
load, rs being rapidly pushed forward under
the chiet-engneership of +. Q. Sewall, Esq.
The $4,000 asked for by the Company has
been favorably acted upon by the Board of
Trade, Philad'a. The route is graded nearly
the entire length, and about five miles of the
track laid beyond Princess Anne, leaving only
fifteen miles Of track to put down to reach So
mers Cove. 1t is designed to have the road
completed by the first or middle of July, and
to have the trains running by the first of
August. The wharves are being built at the
Cove, and will be in readiness by the time the
trains are put on. The steamers to connect
the line with Norfolk are in readiness.
BY this new route from Norfolk to New York
the distance is shortened nearly ten hours. BY
the present route, via Washington and Balti-
more, it takes about 24 hours to make the
journey; by the new one it is estimated that
1t can be made in II hours. 1t is said to be
nearly an airline from Charleston.
This will make the Delaware Railroad thc
great thOrOughfare for Southern travel, and
give it an Importance second to but few in the
United States. In addition to this, it is the
grand trunk for all railroads on the Peninsula
to which all other railroads must unite and
act as feeders. 1t has stimulated railroad en-
terprises on the Eastern Shore to an extent
hardly thought of, and is attracting an atten-
ton and Importance to the Peninsula that is
fast working out its salvation. 1t is introdu-
cling it to the "out side world, and causing
it to loom up as garden spot in the land.
Smyrna times., 1866-06-06

ory of every Union soldier who lost his life in
defence of his whole country. Those who ex-
pect or desire to see such honors from such a
source must be very few But what we do in
sist on is this: that those who do honor the
memory of the Union dead, whether they be
white or black, should not be prevented by
those who don't. Let those who rebelled hon
or the memory of those who died in defence of
treason it they will; but don't let them pre-
vent those who honor the memory Of the pa
trlotlc soldiers who died in subduing this trca-
son from paying like mark of esteem and
gratitude
Smyrna times., 1866-06-06
" BY the President
Secretary of State.

WHAT'S IN A NAME?-A writer fer Tie
-uo"tgon'e'Y Ala. .utd says:
When Slavery existed among US, it was
customary and proper for slaves to assume the
names of their owners for the purpose of their
identity. They have now become free citizens,
having no identity with, nor relation to, their
former owners We would then respectfully
inquire what right they have to appropriate
their former owners name, any more than any
other property"
lie complains that the names of the most
respectable citizen, hitherto dissociated from
crime, are now dragged through the police
courts, heralded in tha newspapers, and spread
upon the criminal records Of the country. " as
guilty Of all the crimes contained in the deca-
loeue, or which disgrace humanity. and asks,
when these names are thus published to the
country without explanation, who is prepared
to say what may he the consequence to some
member of the family of the same name, or to
all the family thus publicly discraced?"
Ah, there ) the rub. Who will be able to
say whether it is the white. yellow, or black
descendant from the aristocratic ancestry, that
has committed the crimes reported in connec-
ton with the family name?
Smyrna times., 1866-06-06


" ANDY "A post-ofice under the above
name, has been established in Baltimore Hun,
dred, Sussex County. A correspondent Of tho
Rep"Chcdn writes as follows The village i,
near the centre Of the Hundred, and contain,
about three hundred inhabitants. There are
four stores, three wheelright shops, two smith
shops, one tin shop; ore steam saw mill. ono
Hour mill, one sorghum mill, one church, one
school house, two bricklayers, and one doctor.
All the men are Republicans, with one excep.
ton, and we call him Salisbury, for he loves a
dram equally as we'll as does Willard The
ne:I,ghborhood is rich, and healthy 1t is four
miles from the. sea, and Indian river inlet,
where an abundance of fish and clans are OBJ,
tanned. We expect to carry Sussex at the fall
the core. ~
Smyrna times., 1866-06-06

THE ARMSTRONG MURDER.-We give the
testimony before the coroner's jury in another
column. With regard to the divorce, we are
informed by n. II. Coverdale, Esq, that the
petition passed the House of Representatives
OF the Legislature Of 1923, almost unan-
imouSy; but, on coming up in the Senate.
Armstrong and a friend went to Dover and
feed an attorney to defeat its passage. 1t ac-
cordingly was lost in that body, notwithstand-
ing Mr. Y. statements Of the cruel treatment
Ga@rtte publishes report that, after heinz
lodged in jail, he gave to one of his neighbors
5 900 to expcnd in supplying the wants ofhis
children, and entrusted s., 200 in money to the
Sheriff to deposit in bank to his (Armstrong s.
credit: The Gdzette adds: "Some of his
nelghbors say that in many respects he is a
very clever man and in business capacity
was excelled by comparatively few farmers. "
Smyrna times., 1866-06-06
MARRIED,

On June 2nd, at the NJ f. Parsonage, op-
Smyrna. by Rev. w. B. (iregs. Mr.. JNo. w
DYER to Miss REBECCA RIGGs, all Of Kent
CO., Del.
by the same, at the residence of Greenburv
Knots, Esq, Smyrna, DIR. ROBERT j. PRICE.
Of Vienna, Dorchester Co., Md. to Miss LAr-
RIA JUMP, Of Smyrna, Del. (Centreville pa
pers please copy
Near Willow Grove. on the 24th ult.. by
Rey: John Downham, Mr.. NEHEMIAH CLARK
to Miss ANN +. LAREMoN, all Of Kent Coun-
ty, Del.
Smyrna times., 1866-06-06

she threw down plate Of butter she had in
her hands, and ran at him with knife and at
tempted to cut his throat; he thought she was
deranged; he put her into the meal room, when
she made SO much noise he let her out, when
she went to bed ; in the night she cot up and
called the black girl and went down into the
back yard he followed her and she asked him
why he followed her; he said TO keep her from
going away they then went back to bed, and
he missed her quarter to II or to one O clock:
L and Richard Clayton then went to the hog
pen, took up the plank and found the body Of
Mrs. Armstrong; most Of the body was cover
ed with earth; it had on chcmisc. drawers.
muslin shirt and calico pettcoat; there was
wound ON her head the body was doubled
up with the head down; before this | took him
to the back ,portico and showed him the blood
on the porch, and said it was human blood {: he
SAID ne had lately killed calf. and hung it uu
thcre meaning the meat house then that some
chickens had been killed, and that the children
had thrown them about there; and afterwards
ne Sald III reply to my question 9 how did that
blood come thcre?' that he had slapped and
kicked her, but had not hurt her.
The jury rendered verdict that the said
Caroline 7. Armstrong came to her death from
a wound inflicted on her head, tracturng hel
skull, from heavy weapon, in the hands OF
her husband, Andrew p Armstrong.
Smyrna times., 1866-06-06

FEsTIvALS.-We are requested to call at
tentiOn to the Festival to commence at Ward 5
Hall this afternoon and to be continued this
evening and tomorrow afternoon and evening,
to commence at and clock. Supper at
E clock
The Methodist Sunday School picnic has
been. postponed to Tuesday next, 18th. A gen
eral invitation to attend is extended to every
person-town and country.
A Straw berry Festival will be held by the
ladies of Drawers Presbyterian Church. at
the Academy grounds, Odessa, on Friday even
ing next, Sth.
a Strawberry Festival will be held at Fred
erica Tomorrow and Friday evenings bv the
ladies of the NJ f. Church.
a festival was given last Wednesday even
ing at the residence of Mr. Daniel Cowgirl.
Dover, in aid of the Centenary Fund of the Vi.
+, Church. 1t was pleasant affair.
The concert and festival for the benefit of
Christ Church, Dover last week, was pleasant
and successful, and realized about $22j.
Smyrna times., 1866-06-06

ALIANTHCS TREES The Sanitary Commit
tee of Brooklyn. ~ V. have considered a com
plant made by large number of citizens with
reference to the otlrnSiveness of the alianthuS.
and report that the Towering tree of the allan,
thus is offensive, but they do not regard it as
particularly detrimental to health. They say
it is clean and valuable shade tree. and is new
Gr invaded by worms and thus made a great
nuisance. They recommend, as the tree is de-
ciduouS, and the female only enits the often
sive odors, that the flower buds be removed be-
fore they have opened, or that the male tree
only be cultivated
Smyrna times., 1866-06-06

TENNYsoN The Albany Eceainq .Journa7
describes the poet Tennyyon as fifty-three
years old, with a weak and shutting gait wear,
ing glasses most of the time wearing generally
a gray suit of clothes; melancholy, ruminat-
ing voice, and, when his features are in renose.
an expression of classical, habitual sadness
This description is doubtless very good, but the
Ecea'ng Journal puts it under the head of
Grimes and Fatalities. " We should like
very much to know wether TennySon's voice,
dress, gait and expression are his crime" or
his . fatalities. y
Smyrna times., 1866-06-06

SUNK.-The sloop Cereus of Newport
Del, was sunk in Chesapeake Bay on SUNDAY
18th ult., (day of hail storm and all the crew
were lost. She was commanded bv Canta;r
VIM; James, of Smyrna Landing. She
was bound to Richmond with load of coal
Capt: James and the mate, Capt. Waitman
Harrington, Of Jones Neck, were washed on
the beach about week ago, where thew were
inferred by the inhabitants. A bill ofIadino
was found in the Captains pocket, by which
ne was identified. He leaves wife and three
small children living at the Landing. The boat
was sad to be crazy, unseaworthy old craft
Smyrna times., 1866-06-06

b. b. Allen is selling Prints, Muslins and
Domestic Goods, lower than any one in town
Call and examine.
Where is this Baggs & Cotton, who have SO
many cheap goods? You will find them lust
up the streeta little, with a few signs on tho
'front.' OF their store--can't miss the place,