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Maryland free press., 1866-07-26
THE Hattie of Verona.

EVERY eaeief observer Of European aiistffs was
prepared 20 affesfrses to the Italians. II Is
well kpewn that the large body Of sthe troops Of
iLsiy sfe volqnteefs that they are ty X no iasaps
for drillibg had been sheisi and nat they are
specially defcisnts in ariihcrya Tue most that
WAS hoped fer them cby the friends of italian in
dependence was that they would fight well at the
outset, checking the Aqstrians ss our patriot
f.ihera checked the BritiAh iA ~ Bunker Hill, and
hThis dtisey have done M che present opening
hattie. sfThat they have l0stlmgeiy inoprisoners
isfset to be wondered ~, censidering the greatly
superior force Of the Austrans, aud their posses
sion Of strong fortress, with an abundant sup
ply of improved ordnance of long range.
H the Italians were to make the attack it was
better for them TO make it at Verona They were
brought directly face v face with the enemy
They could ste ut once O portion 0f the long line
of Austrian ihtrenchmeniss connected With the
Qnadrilateral, II was to the raw, ,undisciplined
ftslians what the battle of Bull Run was TO the
first volunteers of our own nioh army. The bat
teries of Austria In tie efwoods of Verona were
Il Is not surprising that the5, should have moved
! down the crowded masses. of impetuous Italians
dfawnsup before tlIeir guns. 81 "a
esAnother itemsin this affairlis the absence from
:he field Of Garabaldi and bis Immediate ass0ci-
ates in arms 1t ID true Emanuel MAS there;
but even he is not equal to Garabaldi. He is EN-
'dured by the Italians as a King however much he
may he followed and fpughta under 40 general.
The great body of the patriots of Italy want and
smeanfte haysa rvppblic.i ULoSeit
Be this as it may, however, the result of this
opening fight viii be the same, 1t will make The
Austrian invaders SO niIclf! the more hated ;oii
vii kihdle new ,hame in the bosoms OF tho tri,-
ly loyal Italians il viii awaken fresh sympathy
and enlarged contributions.ofm men and means u.
m ing those who are determined before God that
Italy shall be free. Sos .h i .uoti"
b What course the Emperor of the French will
pursue In this emergency reMnins to be seen. lie
is not the man TO be Indifferent hen so much is
at stake. Much as he may dislike Prussia, he dis.
likes Austria more He cannot afford to see Italy
crushed. His pretended qualms about interven-
itinn will soUni vanis when he refneniliers 1Sl2
and 1859. 1t will be impossible to keep the e,l-
giles of France and Austria asunder.-fhiia.. bi-
quirkr. s. Ou G1t, = ICi.slJ fr-
Maryland free press., 1866-07-26
THE END OF A GAMBLER.

.a Among the innumerable anecdotes re-
lated Of the ruin. Of persons :, at play, there
is one wortt relating, which refers to a
Air, Porter a gentleman who, in the reign
of Queen Anne, possessed one of the best
{ estatcs.in Northumberland, the Whole of
which he lost at hazard in twelve months.
According tolthe story told of this mad
rnan-for we can call him nothing else
when he bad just completed the loss of his
last acre, at a gambling house in, London,
and was proceeding down stairs to throw
If himself into cartiageto convey him home
B ta his house in town, he resolved to have
one more throw to try to retrieve his losses
aud Immediately returned to the room
where the play, was going on. Nerved,for
the worst that might happen, he insisted
that the person he had been playing with
should give him one chance Of recovery or
fight with him. @ 4.g... t.'
His proposition was this: That his car
riage and horses, the trinkets and loose
money l. his pockets, his town house plate
and furniture-in short, all he had left in
the world, should be valued in u lump ut q
certain sum, and be thrown at single cast
No persuasion could prevail on him to de-
part from his purpose. He threw and lost ::
then conducting the winner to the door,
told the eoachman there was his master,
and marched forth in the dark and dismal
street. without house and home, or any one
cfeditable means Of support. Thus beg
CARED he retired TO an obscure lodging in
cheap part of the town, subsisting partly
on charity sometimes acting as marker at
Il billiard table, and occasionally as help
er ina. livery stable. , ......'
In this miserable condition, with naked
ness and faminei staring him iH the face,
exposed to the taunts and insults of those
whom he once supported, he was recogni-
sed bytan ldifriend, who gave him ten
gun cas- to purchase neoessaries. He ex-'
'ipen,e ed five in procuring decent apparel
with the remaining FIVE he repaired to d
comiiron gambling house, and increased
the number tn fiftsJ + He then adjourned
to one of the higher order of houses, u sat
down with ftrner associates. and won 30
900. keturnlng next night be lost It all,
wss onos more Lpenuiless, end after ilspb-
sis'ins "'aav wears in abject poverty. died
beggar pt 81, Giles, d az eaa4s 49,
"a zE9TE bsa a5SiJ a4.'
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Maryland free press., 1866-07-26

THE ,TAaIq2 BHEAlfhe postponement of the
tariff bill until the next session. of Congress,
seems to give much satisfaction, Tie New York
Times says: -,. -. .i,,,. ,y-7r
The Senate has earned the gratitude ofihe conn
try by postponing until another session all action
upon the tariff. commerce may again breathe
freely. Industry may bless its good fortune in
being saved from the clutches of monepolists.--
And in the vote of majority of Senators we have
pledge not only against gbasty changes in the
interest of special classes but against the ultraeis
Of those VINO, Gsinder the ease of protecting the
country, would sacrifice it to = policy. copied
from sJarnni5 NJ Il bstsss2o IiTfngioi a. 80
The Hartford Press says that there Is In that
city dog who has lost his voice When strari.
gers pass, he rushes out, goes fhrengh the mo
tons of barking, bristles nps jumps about and
wass his jaway yet not "a sound issues from them.
az ,kl9i35s4 ,seiai.sd %
ri .3sg .dits yRR
Maryland free press., 1866-07-26
The Missouri Test oath.

Arrea Of Nuns at Cape Girdrasdu .--The
Kansas City (Mo., Commercial, after recording
the arrest Of Methodiit preacher for not taking
the ''test oath, adds. ,.,,..-,.,s 1uoEIf
We learn that considerable excitement was
brought about at Cape Girardeau, by the repcii-
tion OF arrest Of some the Sisters of Charity,
or nuns, attached, as teachers, to the the con-
vent, or Catholic academy at that point, for
their not trkin9 the o,tth;prescribed by the new
constitution. The excitement is reported as Il to
have been SO great against this outrage, perpetra
ted in the name pf Flaw, " against q highly mer-
itorious benevolent and religious oriler--Chris-
tian, self-sacrifcing women at that--that those
who had tlicm in charge MS malefactors were
compelled TO desist in the discharge ofa '.radical
duty" at war with every delicate and decorous
instinct we habitually practice towards the sex.
The matter was compromised by these offenders
against the new constitution giving bond for
their appearance at the "next Court Of Cape Cir
ardeau county," for their appearance to answer
to the criminality Of the ofense of acting in the
copacity of teachers without taking the -eonven-
ton oath. is there any other State IN, this copn-
try, even under radical rule the law OF (which
subjects religious women and men to the indiRni-
ties of an arrest and imprisonment, In the dis
charge of their religiousahd bnsiness avocaiinns2
We Deie'e e not.. o. a.Lan. ~ aSat stsl
1T will be refreshing news TO the overburt-
eped Taxpayers to learn that a proposition has
been made In Congress to increase the pay of
members to 5000 year, and travelling espen-
ses to- hoot and that the project meets viii, much
favor,in the body They now receive $S, per
annain, and travelling expenses.-Th The working
classes will have te,pay tliepiperJIH1
a--TheIChicsgo TriJans hasjust discovered 4hat
1t is uneonstitutional for the President 10 tese.
a,FedeFal Office holder It rs singular how Fee
bic the Executive power has all ht once become,
Asiittle while ago It was something more !, than,
imperial, but just now il has faded from dc nad-
c,ti mind "'1ike The baselsss fabric PluayisisRfs fs
.r-0pa = ilsgL
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THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS,
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Maryland free press., 1866-07-26
Resignation Of the : Postmaster i, General

- T' .a'''s.
-IfIt appears the Hon. William Dennison, Post.
master General, has actually rendered his resig-
nation to the President, and the opinion is ex.
pressed that it has been accepted. Various real
sons are given for the step taken by Mr.. Denni-
son. The Star says: -r
Our belief is that the demands of his large
interests in railroads and other matters in the
West, which must have suffered more or less from
his abstraction from them through the devotion
Of his attention TO the duties of his Office is, per
haps, as much the cause of the step he has taken
as his alleged indlsposition longer TO Co operat,
with the President in carrying out the views o
the latter upon the subject of the Reorganization
of the government. Mr., Dennison has certainly
made most efficient and serviceable Postmaster
General, and on that score his retirement from
the position will he universally regretted By
thoughtful persons. '.i+''-l' 80 AM -
In another article the same paper remarks q"
~ The general impression seems 10 be that Assis
tant Postmaster General Alex. w. Randall viii
succeed to the Postmaster Generalshp vacated by
MIR. Dennison. We learn that the relations be-
tween Mr.! Dennison and the President have been
entirely friendly. Mr. Dennison was the presi
dent OF the convention which nominated Presi.
dent Lincoln for u second term, and he does moi
conceive 1t to he consistent with his political
views to countenance the call for the Philadepbis
consenGon,r regarding the latter as in antagonisn
TO the republicon party as represented in the
Baltimore convention of 1864. -.s..-, 5-t,-. q
A despatch to the New York Tribune referring
TO Mr. Dennison's resignation, says: -
There are reasons for supposing that Secretary
Harlan will soon follow this example. What
reasons Mr.. Dennison had for, resigning age no,
authoratively known but they may, perhaps, be
found in the fact that he does not endorse the
Philadelphia convention and docs endorse Con
gress and the Union party in submitting new
amtn ndment to the constitution. il
The New York News has despatch from
Washington, in which, after referring TO SceIeta-
ries Stanton, Harian and Speed, says: - :
II is understood that on Wednesday these
members undertook to cateetise the President 10
relation to what he was going to do; that the
PRECEDENT announced his determination to. veto
the frecdmen's bureau bill, the Supreme Court
bill, and every otlrer measure which he deems nm
iconsttutiohah;st that he intended to express his
approval of the Philadelphia Convention and thar
he hoped the measures which It devised would
cause, the triumph OF his restoration policy. The
Presidents views were cordially sustained by Mr.
Seward and Mr.. McCplloch,, bnt Messsrs. sStaun-
ton and Harlan are said 70 have given way to
strong language inIopposition. The veto of the
frtedmcn's bureau bill will probably be sent to
the House to morrow or Friday.
Maryland free press., 1866-07-26

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Scene on the Floor of CONGRESS-.

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The Washington correspondent of the Angus
ia Chronicle and Stntinei thus graphically de-
scrites the reading Of President Johnson's late
message on the Constitutional amendment, in the
House Of Representatives: q; q, h
Il Glanced to be present iusthe galleries of the
House of Representatives, when the message WAS
received and read. I Words can scarcely consey
any adequatelidea OF the rage and dismay ofthe
leaders Of'the House as sentence after sentence
of Executive rebuke came pealing upon them in
the sehorcns tones ofthe Reading Clerk, piercing
their sophistres as round shottears through the
ranks of an ill-discipIined battalion. 1t was
plain enough to any observer that they felt the
crus hing force OF the President s objections; SO
tersely and yet SO courie0usly presented. They
knew as tine last words of the document, t'Sien-
cd Andrew Johnson y rung in their ears, that
they sounded the deatf-kncll of the amendment
1t was exceedingly amusing to hear the mslig-
nant uttcrances of the bitterest of the enemies of
the President in commenting among themselves
upon tile style in which, nnasked, he had entered
into their game and delivered check-mate Said
one; Ut AMOUNTS to this, that Andy Johnson
isn't willing TO recognize the validity of any act
we -hiay pass until 4the rebel traitors are admit
ed here among us to1egislate for the loyal people
of this 9countryP'. =. Another; opinion that sthc
next thing we shall see will be the rebel represent
atves escorted TO their vacant seats' by Presi-
dental bayonetsP' These are fair specimens of
the familiar comments Of the Radicals upon The
message. But most provoking of all to their ears
was the cool, business-like style in which the
President eondescends to -"waive the question as
to the constitutional validityl of the proceedings
Of Congress" That, they think, was the unkind-
est cutefai1A Id t5!tE 1>t IC'H s5i Gl4.1.
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