Maryland free press., 1866-07-05

C4sE UNDER THE CIvL NIGHTS BnL-The
teacher of the colored school at this place, col7
ored woman, was brought before Justice Duer
last Thursday, charged with assault and battery
of II youth, the son of one of our most estipable
citizens. She was bound over TO appear before
the next grand jury. The first case of the appli-
cation of the civil rights bill in this county oc-
CURED in connection with this affair. "A party
who is said to have made threats of violence
against the negroteacher was boundove to keep
peace, the teacher ciaining the warrant under
that bill. She has employed eminent counsel
Somerset Nd, J Herald rHALL-AIlL
DoS'r WANT THE BunEAu. There is paper
published in Mobile by colored men called the Na-
tiondlist 1t has II New Orleans correspondent
who thinks the Freedmen's Bureau does more
harm than good. lie says: oJi ti" A'"ji
IA thousand times better would 1t be for the
colored men il abolished, for instead of being
safeguard or protection for the freedmen, it is
only place in which freedmen's rights are. bar
tered away; it served only TO render bitterness
and hatred in the hearts of the very people with
whom heexpects to live, die and be buried. = . 70
The sooner it is out of the way ebetter for all
parties eoaeerncdI' {.
An ingenious person in New Orleans has
been engaged in making thread from the stalks
of cotton plapta 1t is very fine and strong, and
looks very much like flax, being nearly as soft
and pliabe. lie proposes to make this thread
into cloth, which he says will be as strong and
durable as that made from cotton itself Forty
pounds of thread can be made from one hundred
and twenty pounds Of stalk. A new factory will
soon be established for the manufacture of cloth
from this substance. The discovery is not anew
one. 1t has been. known for several years that
there was a fbrons substance in the cotton stalk
which very much resembled flax; but it has never
before been put to practical use. Should this
prove successful, it will double the value of the
co ton plantations at the South The next invcn-
tion in order for the developement of the South,
is method of making paper from sugar cane
stalks. Whoever docs this ought to make for
tune. ..s.t ..s #
Wendell Phillips is said to derive from his
large estate an income Of sixty thousand dollars a
benefit of tho slaves or of the soldier? Not dol
lar, that We ever heard Of His fine speeches
everybody heard of but if he ever performs an act
of charity, it is done so secretly tl.at ho don t
know Il himself
George Peabody is another native of Massachu-
setts who possesses princely fortune, but spends
it like a prince. lie never made an abolition
speech in his life; but he gives money to the
poor by millions. Which is the true philanthro-
pist?
DECLINED RE-ELEoTIoN. .-Hon.'B. Crate
Brown, United States Senator from Mis-
souri,, has written a letter declining to be
a candidate for recollection, He expresses
regret that the people of Missouri, do
not propose to make universal suffrage an
issue. in the contest pending in Missouri,
and says they have been driven to this
course party "by the irresoiution and timid-
ity of Congress that feared to do right,
although constant in declaring what was
right" t,t,t flrton y.tu.t.
IMMEDIATE CAUSES OF TIE WAR IN EuRorE-A
cotcmporary, speaking Of the immediate causes OF
rope, remarks:
''rhis war bellies the old aXiomsf honor among
thieves. Three years ago Austria and Prussia
combined to rob Denmark of the Ebe provinces
Schleswig-ilolstein, the only justification being
the German tendencies of their population which
is no justiia ton at all 10 the dynaste system of
Europe Prussia wanted good seaport, and in
duced Austria to join in the robbery of Denmark
England the natural ally Of Denmark 'whimpcred a
few weak objections; but thetw plunderers went
on and by conquest acquired q joint jurisdc--
tion. Then they quarrced about the division of
the spoils; Prussia modestly claiming the whole.
This is.the innncdiato chuse of thc'whr:f "'s
No BILL FouND.-We learn through a private
letter to citizen of this place that the Grand Jul
ry of the U. S. District Court in Baltimore had
fliled to find bill against Saml. Seylar and j.
w. Robinson and Others accused before that court
of counterfciting--The testimony of Alb Rowland
who PLAYED the part of ''turning States" evil
dence, ~ seems to have been considered by the
Grand Jury rs having but little weisht.-Fahon
Democrat. 'rt " .t "~n r-',.'
AcouIrTAI. OF GEE.- The report is confirmed
That Major Gee, former commandant of the Con-
ftderate prison pen at Salisbury, North Carolina
has been acquitted by the mi itary commission
by wnom he was tried on the charge of cruelty
to Union prisoners. lie has not been released
from confinement however, the findings of the
commission not l'n"ing undergone examination by
the Secretary of War and Judge Advocate Cen
eral. ,....u.,,..
Boy DRowSED-Jacob Gwynn, of this place, q
boy about eighteen years ofage, was. drowned in
the Poo nae about mile above the Falling VA
tors, on Sunday last. lie accidently got into
deep water, could not swim, and the boys along
with. him were all too snnlito render any assis-