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THE FENIANS.

An organization of the Irish residents
Of this country, numbering hundreds of
thousands Of members, under the above
name, has been formed Of late years, the
object of which is to liberate Ireland
from English oppression. It has ex-
tended itself into Ireland, and excited
the fears of the government Of England,
which has lately suspended the writ of
Habeas Corpus In Ireland, and arrested
many of the leading Fenians there.
This has excited the members here in a
great degree, and they boldly proclaim
their purpose to make war on the Brit
ISL Government, and perhaps to begin
by an invasion of Canada. Such at
tempts will probably bring them into
collision with our own Government,
which is bound in good faith tosuppress
military organizations intended to ope-
rate against a country with which We are
at peace. Much as wedeplore the folly
of England innot yielding to the reason
able demands of the Irish people, and
much as we regard the generous yet i'm
pulsiye Irish Of our land, we think the
experiment they are making here not
calculated to do much good to the land
of their birth or the land of their adop-
ton. We would like to see Ireland in
dependent, happy and prosperous; but
we do not think the signs of the times
are favorable to strike now. In the
meantime let Great Britain, as well as
our own government be warned, that no
people can be safely governed without
their consent, and that measures of con-
ciliation should always be granted in
time.
The Fenians in this country have
lately had bad quarrel among them
selves, their Senate having deposed
O'Mahony, their Head Centre, to whom
the majority still seem to adhere; yet
this spirit does not appear to interfere
with their warlike intentions in the
least.
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The Hump COznsress, Or the
PresIdent2

Congress has been in session near
three months; and the people will do
well to consider:its doings It has har-
dly given thought 70 the great public
debt-has made no provision for rcgu-
larry reducing it. The mmercerof the
country-the manufacturing, and other
business relations Of the people-the
great controlling interests of the land,
have been overlooked and neglected
But the negro, day by day, and hour
by hour, has had the attention Of this
Congress. The white man seems to be.
considered as sof no accounts A few
days since, member offered resolu-
ton setting apart single hour in a day
for the consideration of the. vital inter-
ests of the country, which concern white
men. It was voted out Of sight in an
instant, and Congress went on with its
negro programme.
ongress has done nothing to harmon
ize the people of the different sections
of the country but has labored a great
deal to pass measures calculated to dis
affect one portion, and to bring harm to
the general interests of the country, by
continuing division which ought no
longer to exist
Now that the war is over, and the
President is laboring, night and day, to
make more perfect Union--to bring
the people of both sections into har-
mony with each other for the benefit of
the whole country, the most abusive
epithets are poured out in Congress
upon. the whole Southern people,
Senator Trumbull was for Hanging"
some of them on. Wednesday, and an
the same day Wilson's bill for disarm-
ing the militia of the Southern States
being up, the following question and
answer occurred In the debate e
Mr.. Saulsbury-Has Congress power
to disarm the militia of State
Mr. Wilson Congress has power to
disarm ruffians and traitors.
This is the spirit manifested. Now,
is it true that the Southern people are
still in rebellion !. Are they traitors
noao, when they are peaceful and obey
all the laws, and declare that they ever
will abide by the Union? Is it best
fer the country to abuse and spurn that
people who are ready to return to the
Union What was the object of the
war To restore the Union. The war
has done its part. But the disunion-
lists in Congress are now battling with
all their might to rend the Union asun
der M
Will the people sustain those dis
unionists, or the President ?-Banuer
Liberty, ". y. So sti'e e) 81.
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from the Baltimore Gazette.

r.
The Fair or Bazaar for the relief Of
destitute Southerners, inaugurated by
the ladies of Baltimore under the title
of the Ladies Southern Relief Associa-
ton, is absorbing the entire time OF
many of the ladies of Baltimore, and
promises to be a decided success. In
most. if not all, of the counties, auxilia-
~ committees have been formed, and
the ladies of the different parts OF the
State have applied themselves earnestly
to work to lend what aid they can to
their poverty stricken Southern friends.
The committees of some of these coun-
ties will, probably, have tables of their
own, while others prefer to render what
assistance they can by contribution to
tables under the Engagement of friends
in Baltimore This course will, doubt
less, be pursued in the generality of
cases, as the day fixed for the opening
of the Fair the second day of April, is
too near at hand to allow persons at a
distance sufficient time for the prepare
tions necessary for independent tables.
The ladies of Delaware and the ladies
of Washington city have also rendered
their aid, begging to be permitted to
associate themselves in this charity
In New York subcommittee has been
formed, the names Of which have not
yet reached us, and many donations are
expected from that city.
Enquiries have been made fro1t time
to time as to the kind of contributions
needed. The answer to this is simple.
Anything that can be worn, or eaten, OF
sold, will be cheerfully received; any
thing that can be worked up into gar
ments, or that can, in any way, be used
for apparel for men, women or children;
anything ornamental that can be dis
posed of, or, in fact, anything that can
be converted into money will be accep-
table. Among the donations already
received are coal, champagne, soda wa
ter, coffee, reaping machines and baby
bonnets. Maryland hams and New
York sugar candy will be taken quite
as gladly. In word, the difficulty
should be not to know what to send
but what not to send. But in addition
to the sending, another class of people
is needed-the buyers When the Fair
is held purchasers will be wanted to
pay for all the goods that are so liberal
ly donated. In Baltimore many per-
sons have already ordered quantities of
spring and summer clothing for family
use, to be made for the Fair, thus guar
anteeing sales to such amounts before
the Fair is opened. Many others have
determined to wait till the Fair does
open, to see what supplies of groceries,
merchandise or useful material they
can lay in then. The example is good
one, and, as the time is short, there can
be little Inconvenience in waiting.
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President johnson has done just
and polite act in releasing Semmes,
the late commander Of the Alabama,
from arrest He was admitted to par
ole upon the surrender of Johnston, s
army, and, until he has violated it, our
government is bound not to modest him.
The national honor was vindicated when
the Kearsargs NIX the Alabama, and
it would be ul business to punish
foe we had eTeeme in an open con-
test. Why not let bygones te by
cones p World.
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aHThe gold premium has declined to
about thirty-three per cent, and is like
ly to fall, as it did last spring, to thirty
or lower. The Secretary of the Trea-
sury is reported to have said that he
could easily cause further decline
but the fall, during the last week, was
without any exercise of his power over
the market. No gold has been sold by
the Treasury for week past; though,
during the previous week, the sum Of
twelve millions was put into the mar
ket. The Treasury still commands a
large amount Of gold. y
Money is so abundant in the com
mercial centres that speculation -four
ishes, though regular business is at a
stand. Speculation. III the city of New
York has for a week past been directed
strongly to real estate at advancing pri-
ces, the auction sales amounting to a
quarter of a million of dollars a day.
This shows not only the abundance Of
money, but the want of employment
for it in any regular business
Many persons marvel at the fact the
prices Of living are still maintained at
the same which prevailed when gold was
two hundred. An actual scarcity of
commodities, caused by diminished pro-
duction and suddenly increasing con-
sumption, has been and still is among
the causes of high prices, as well as the
redundancy of paper currency. But
prices tend downwards, and must de-
cline very sensibly, even without any
reference to the success of any scheme
Of contraction. Hundreds of thousands
of men, lately in arms, and large con-
sumers, must now become producers,
and, besides these, the vast current of
immigration brings daily accession to
our means of production.
Dry goods, both foreign and domestic,
have fallen heavily-wholesale prices
having declined twenty per cent.-dur-
ing the past week. The Southern de-
mand for goods, which was SO brisk
during few months following the close
Of the war, has subsidized, and the supply
has exceeded the means of payment
The South has nearly exhausted the
resources which remained to it, after
the war, in cotton, tobacco, naval stores,
&C., and the prospect of production, for
1861, is far from being good. s.
Some business men anticipate gen
eral decline of prices, and, as "a conse-
quence of it, a contraction of bank loans,
which will fall with severity upon bank
debtors. Banks are generally increas-
ing instead Of diminishing their loans.
The loau line Of the New York city
banks before the war was a hundred
and twenty millions, and it is now two
hundred and forty millions, though leg
inmate business is falling off. When
the banks shall, from prudential rea-
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The rest Oath.

President johnson is reported tohaEe
intimated, on several recent occasions,
his opinion that Che oath imposed by
the Constitution ought to be deemed
sufficient. A man who swears present
loyalty, and future fidelity, may Be trus-
ted if he swears truly. IF he would
perjure himself with this oath. he would
with any other. All the security TO be
derived from oaths would be as fully
had from the simple oath to support the
Constitution, required by that instru-
ment, as a qualification for holding Of
tice, as by any possible mode of swear
ing World
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lieve the needy in the South. They
have their hearts in the cause, and we
believe Carroll County will sustain a
most creditable part at the Fair.
The Ladies of Freedom District, to
assist in the cause, design giving Sc
ries of fine Tableaue BY several ANA
teurs, and afterwards to held Dancing
Soiree; all at Mr.. Ignatius Cores Free
dom District, the evening Of the 22nd
inst.
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WALL PAPER.

A splendid assortment of Stamn.a
Bronzed, Glazed and Unglazed Wa al1 \
Oak and Walnut Panneling for Halls ~ -
ing Rooms. Also Fire Board Prints S Sae
Linen Window Shades, all of which ~. ula
latest styles, at the lowest CITY nr;ess s'e
va Paper Hanging done by WIELiaMo
VINO has had sixteen years experience i
business, In Baltimore and other cities
Wor done in any part of the COMMIT,
guaranteed or no pay. I mas
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MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN ALExAN-
DRiA.-An election was held in Alex
andria on Tuesday last, to fill the yari-
Gus municipal Offices Of the city, and
resulted in the choice Of the ticket
headed ssCitizens' Ticket. Thee Union,
Constitution, and Enforcement of the
Laws, over that headed Onion Tic
ket, by about $50 majority. The vote
for Mayor stood as follows: Hugh Lath-
am, 784; Lewis Mckenzie, 155.-n-
telligeaces, s.,ssss
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s. IA GIFT FROM NAp.LEoN.-Madam
Murat, of Tallahassee, Florida, widow
sof the late Colonel Achille Murat, and
first cousin to the Emperor of France,
has received as a gift, from Louis Napo-
leon life annuity Of 10000 france, in
consideration of her losses by the re-
suits Of war.
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aa According to the Washington
correspondent of the New York Mesos
the radicals are making efforts to raise
one hundred thousand dollars to carry
the approaching elections in Connect
cut and New Hampshire. s..
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One million tons of coal is given as
the annual product of the Chinese mines.
The consumption of zeal in the Celes-
tial Empire is, therefore, one ton to
every 406 persons.
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No, 758 Equity.
"a tie Circuit Court for Carroll CO,

ias 49, q Fsssssrf y ~ Oes'fV@ COE
David EngeL ORDERED this ID
Benz ". Bennett, sale made and r o..
Administrator of in the above cans
Benz. Bennett 3 others ] Benjamin W. Ben
Trustee, for the sale of the Real Estate d.
to be sold, be finally ratified and comm.
unless cause to the contrary be shown n
before the 18th daysofApril next: Pror3
copy Of this order be inserted in some \
paper printed in Carroll county, for thru
cessive weeks previous to the 10th day Of 4
next. The report states the amount Of Nh
be $3l37. 62. lS
. WIN. A. McKELLIp, On
True copy, Test.
marl5-3tIas WIN. A. McKsILrp (I
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nea- The City Councils of Baltimore
have agreed very unanimously to sub
scribe the 100000 stock, to help to
complete the Western Nd Railroad to
Hagerstown.
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ButIef Compelled to Disgorge.'


It is stated ID the New York papers
that Ben Butler has at last been forced
to pay over to the Messrs., Smith, of
New Orleans. the $50, 000in gold which
he plundered from their firm during his
military rule in New Orleans He has
also been obliged to pay the interest,
and all the costs, making total ofsover
s150,000. That is well but it is only
one case. Now if the bottle could again
be uncorked long enough to squeeze out
at least million more of the plumber
which this fellow secured from the help
less citizens of New Orleans and the
Louisiana cotton and sugar planters,
the ends of justice would bestill further
served.
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The New York Commercial 4dUer-
tsser announces the release from Fort
Lafayette of ex-Secretary Mallory, on
the ground that further confinement
would prove fatal to him.
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nA The Democrats of Pennsylvania
have nominated Hon. Hester Clymer of
Berks County, and the Republicans
Gen. j. W. Geary, as their respective
candidates for Governor.
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The consumption of wines in Great
Britain last year reached million gal
Ions per month, j. louble what it was
before the reduction Of duties
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p9-The Conference of the M. E.
Church for East Baltimore has been In
session at Williamsport Pa, for about a
week.
Thatof the NJ. P. Church has just
convened at the Starr church Baltimore.
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Ohm G. FRIzELL, aflss sss 9ali gl9ig r. MAMIE
/. FRlzELlL & MANhIAG,
5 q r @ K ER S,

WILL buy and sell United States and ot|
public Securities. ssssslfsa
:. Will buy Negotiable Paper, Bonds and Jus
mems, and advance money on Collections
VIII pay three per cent. for Depositcs, bl
securedby Government Bonds, and redeea
at ten days notice. 80
Office opened at No. Carroll Hall after I
lst. day of April next, until our new Office
prepared sSsists s marl5A
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pNThe New York World has lately
come out in new type, and added about
FIVE columns to its size, good indiear
ton of deserved success
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81 Esq. NO: 500 EQUITY
Frederick Taneyaet ais. J nRDERED

essyaes ifa ~ 18th day
Charles G. fancy, ct ais. March in The |!
1866, that the sale made and reported BY At
tus d. Schaeffer, Trustee, for the sale Of
Real Estate in the above cause decreed /
sold, be ratified and confirmed, unless can,
the contrary thereof, be shown on or befor,
Ind day OF April next Provided, copy Of
order be published in some newspaper prl
IN Carroll county once in each of three suc
sive weeks before the last named day. ThE
port states the amount of sale to be S6lG,NI
- ~ 20 VIM. A. McKELLIP, Clk
True Copy Test: W
z marl5-3t5 'ss sni7 WIN. "a. McKEILIP, Gil
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na-T The Mexican Times, of the .27th
of January, says that fresh foreign
troops are daily arriving in Mexico. q
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A clergyman in the Washington
Republican declares that .Forney is only
a quack D. DE- Dead Duck.
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The rendezvous at City Point, Vir-
ginia, for troops to be mustered out of
service, has been discontinued.
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MARRaED.

On the Sth inst. in the Luth. Parsonage in
Westminster, by the Rev. II. C. Holloway, Mr..
JACOB BAUBLITz, and Miss CArHARINE ScHAEF-
FER, both of this county. sf. &
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LADIES' COUNTY MEETING

| An adjourned meeting CT Ladies' of Card.
county in favor of generating with the Lads
OF Maryland in State Fair to assist and relic
the suffering and destitute in the SouthsS
States, viii be held AT Carroll Hall in Westni
ster on MONDAY NEXT, the 10Th of MARC
at 100 clock, A. N.
general attendance is requested, pardts
iarly Dy the members of the Executive Comm
tee, as this will probably be the last gens
meeting..s. pA 835Fs 50 s-1.ls,-.s
vs9 BY order of the President, as
s Miss SAA.LLIE LONGWELL, Secretar!
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DEATHS.

OnESunday morning last in Westminster Dis
trict,, JOSEPH MATTHIAS Esq, aged SO years, 8
agood citizen, and sincere Christian. HIS.
loss will be regretted by all. fsl z
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PUBLIC SALE o.
CLOTHING.

THE subscriber intending to remove from
Westminster, offers his Fresh and Fashionable
Stock of 81 $40 . : : r
Ready Made Clothing,
at Public Sale, at his Store or. ain street near
the Railroad in Westminster, on
Friday and Saturday, the. 23rd and 9th
Of MARCH, 1866,
consisting of 0vercoats, Black Cloth Frock
Goats, Cashmere Frock and Sack Goats, suita-
Bile for Spring wear, Satinett and all Wool Cas-
simere Pants and Vests to match, besides fancy
wool OverslIirts, Knit Undershirts and Draw
ers, Kid, Buckskin and Wooden Gloves and
Gauntfets, and very fine lot of fashionable
Hack and colored Slouch Hats and Caps, Hosie-
ry, Neck Ties, Suspenders, and such goods as
are generally kept in Clothing Store.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock, Al NJ
rs Terms Cash.
4sg sFsss PHILIP FRIBISCH.
mar15-fs Oh. HopPE, Auctioneer.
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is essentialin any country, more especially
In one which is based on the free suffrage of
the people.
We have not lost sight of the great truth
that, under our system of government, the
minority must necessarily yield to the ma
jority. No<one will complain of that doc
trine whenproperfy presented, as in thecase
ofnational parties, where all has been done
in good faith, and the minority of one year
may be in the majority the next year. This
has always been cheerfnlly acquiesced in; but
how can such ready submission be expected
. from minority whose dearest interests are at
the mercy of a political combination outside
of their limits, and whose Sympathies are an
tagonistic to theirs. In such case they would
really be governed, in national affairs, by a
power foreign to themselves, and just as ir-
responsible to them as if held as aconquered
people by some European Despot. That
the usurping power, as in the case of the
Northern Republican party, was a part o.
the people with whom the South had agreed
to liveunder the same government only makes
the matter worse; for they were justly charge
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LIVE STOCK MARKET,
MARCH 8, 1866.
Total. ..... {
PRICES OF BEEF CATTLE.

.ftz IhICEso lOp bEEF CAIILE. q
Very best on sale. S5aelc
That generally rated first quality. 7&as{c
Medium or good fair quality ........7la Sc
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and Cows 81 a6
Inferior and lowest grades of Cattle. S a5g
General ayeragesof the market Tic
Extreme range of prices -. ...... ga Ole
Most OF the sales were FROM. ......6 a73c
30 SHEEP. as q
The number of Sheep received this week
is small compared with that of previous
weeks but There is sufficiency for the de-
mand, excepting extra good ones, which are
scarce. rsap t.si
S. Frankenstine reports sales at Gag cts
gross; afew only bringing the latter figure.
as HOGS.
The supply of Hogs continues good, and
prices show but little variation from last
weeks quotations.. The market may be re-
garded steady at the following figures 125a
l3i cts per lb nett.
BATTING RE MARKETS..
March II. FLOUR. Howard street ST.
perand cut Extra $ 25aS8 SO, do Extra 8 90
aS9 SO, do Family la Sl3; Ohio Super and
cut Extra s O0a$8 so, do Extra oa$9 IS. do
Family 12a$13 per Dbl. Rye Flour. row.
81 %. Corn Meal-City Mills and Bran
DIVINE. SO IS per DBL
6 GRAIN heat-Offerings were small
to day, only few hundred bushels whiteand
1000 bushels red choice white is exceedingly
scarce, and command very high prices; lot
OF l3O bushels choice Maryland brought So.
90, taken by city miller of. red the only
sales reported were $50 bushels. inferior at
81 87a2 copper bushel-no prime or choice
sold.-Corn-White 6aa7S cents, and yellow
at G9a70 per bushel. Oats are. quiet; receipts
and sales small, 100 bushels sold at 49a50I
cents weight, Yevq
PROVISIONS The demand for Bacon con-
times fair, with sales of Shoulders at f145a
III cents, Sides 17al8a cents for loose and
packed; 21a cents for plain Hams, and %
cents for sugar-cured do Lard is quoted at
l73a1S cents per pound. We quote Mess
Pork at % SO per Dbl. 49,
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BUILDING IN,
N z w S TO s !

JOHN R. BUSBY respectfullv u.
public that he has Just Opened q NEWS s11of n
In Westminster, Nd, near the .R Rail- NJ
opposite the Catholic Church, whs si y
hand. large and splendid assort 'e ne I
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To Carpenters. and Builders.

. ToGarpenters and Builders.
yATE hare now on hand ana constant
w adding thereto, large and compile
assortment of all kinds of building matters
Locks, Hinges, Screws, Catches, Spring!
&C., DC. for sale at prices to compete wit
any other house in the county.
Also, Paints, Oils, Glass, &c. / for sale
any quantity, and quality guaranteed.
e K GERNAND,
mar15 Corner Main & Court Streets.
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GALE BILLS printed at the shortes'
y notice at this Office.
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rests, the right of free and equal suffra
right Of selfgovernment; for, whilst
ding to act according to constitutional
1t distorts them into engines of oppr
In Republican country justice requil
the people of every portion of it shou
ticipate equally in the control as well
burdens of the government; but wh3
ruling power has been monopolised !
section, it is an intolerable breach Of
and calculated to destroy that har,nonv|