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St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03
rna General Assembly.

The General Assembly of Maryland
met at Annapolis Yesterday. rs rs re
ceetilngs ihis session are likely 10 be q:
al unusually interesting character, We shall
endeayor to keep our readers :ully posted IN
regard 70 them. The political complexion
Of the Houses i. as fellows:
O. the twelve Senators holding over for
two wears, seven arc radicals aud five con-
scryatiyes OF the twelve Senator's elect
for four years there are eleven eonScrTa-
tive and one radical Dr. Ohv Of A.lcgnny:
whose election is contested by Colonel Al
fred Spa;cS, conservative. The House Of
Delegates Is composed of eighty nlcnters,
forty-one affirmative votes bcins necessary,
under the constitution. to the passage of
a law The House stands (po'itically) SIN
ty conservatives and twe.ty radicals. The
seats Of the four radical delegates from Al
L. any arc contested.
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03

saity Of our institutions; that the laws
were faithfully executed, and never with
1ind;ctivc severity o, cruel arimosiiy that
insticc was administered i,npartially aud
riihou, corruption, and the Judicial char
actcr rcycrcd and respected, and finally
sound discriminating political moralisy IN
culcatc,l, IS necessary to pres rye the bi2s-
sings We cLj"yed, everywhere di'iused
through the community.
1t may be that the mission of the party
that has loft this impress upon til" past
history of or country is fulfilled, and ITS
career now seems nearly clos,d, but If ii Is
so. the union the Of States under the Consti
tuition i, DESTROYED, the rights Of the States
have pcrshcd, and neither justice nor fra
ternity longer exist
No one can pretend but that the party
now in power is the opposite, the very an-
ti,hcs is in principles Of government, IL
policy. and in conduct to the Dcmo,r.tic
party: that it's method Of uni,ing people
is by force, oppression ard corrupt app'-
ance-, and not by good will and forbear-
anc. that States are to be preserved by
coercion, and projected By military tribu-
nals that great public debt is a subject
Of ylorifoatiou, especially when accompan-
led with An irrcdcrmabic paper currency
that leave. no certain standard of value,
aud that burthcnsomc and oppressive tax
alton is the fnal end of good government,
1t is truly party Of progress, and reJoi-
ccs in its power to pcrpetuate the evils it
has brought upon once happy and united
people.
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03
sT. MARY's GAZETTE
LEoNhRDTow%. SD.
THURSDAY MORNING January }. lso'
MARYLAND AS a Territory.

Maryland as Territory.
We have been rather amused tan 9TH
.,,isc at the crzvi'y with winch many Of
our re,cmporaric. have received the pro-
,osI,,n Of Hon Francis Thona. t. reduce
H.. Stat. of Mar, land 10 the condition OF
a territory The present Con: s'' we
know. i, great institution and Mr. lhoin-
=. i. one Of lis brightest lights, bnt 1t HAcr
N. greatness of tie one nor tue brig tness
Of the o.her is sufficient, VIC opin". fof the
.cconpli.hncn, OF the labor proposed :
Ignoring for the present the Constitutional
in,psdi.nsnr in the way Of such scheme
! = i, to be supposed that brave high
spirited people ike the people Of Mary land
would pcaccably submit TO such d'gra-
La.iou The suppoAition is an insult. =
Moreover, i. it not SANDER to say, that
any considerable portion Of Tic American
people SANCTION tl.e naine,s and wi' ked-
n,.. o-Nr. Thoma, in ,hi, matter Is 1t
not ,tiil grave calumny TO assert, that
they would mako common cau-c With Con
rrc>, to con.umma,c such an outrage a.
this, We have not lost all faith in the
American people. We have also some
Etlc confidence l,ft in ourselves. We
know tha. both Congress and Mr.. 1hom-
4, arc our servants, alocit the imperial airs
they are giving themselves. We known
that tho Constitution is az much a law to
them a. it is to ourselves and that where
they arc guilty Of palpable infractions of
it's PROVISIONS, it is not only our right but
our duty to resist them, first m the Courts
Of law, and, if their decision arc disregar-
d.d then by force. And .e believe, were
Congress 10 attempt t" carry into elect the
foolish proposition Of Mr., Thomas, and re-
sistancc to it were iuausuratcd in the
State, as it would and ought to be, the
great mass of the American people. with
out regard to party divisions, would COM
binc with our people to maintain BY force,
IL necessary, the integrity of the National
Constitution. But, lightly as We regard
the present Congress- we arc confident that
it will not lend it, countcnance to the mad
and malignant project Of Mr.. Thomas. The
controlling element in that body is astuto
enough to sec that scheme so reckles,
and revolutionary as that recommended by
Mr.. Thomas would seriously compromise
it with the country No Our statehood
will not be iutcrfered with and will sur
vivc. we predict. when Mr.. Thomas is rot
ten and forgotten.
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03
A Contrast.

He is not we'll instructed in tho history
Of the trntcd States. says contemporary
journal, who does not know the political
s1ircnci.s that caused the formation of the
Democratic party, and that its mission was
10 prcs,rve n Union Of the States under a
Constitutional compact to restrain the
government within the e1prc-, limits pre-
scrihsd for it's action to preserve to the
States united. for specific and specified OBJ
j.cts, all tho rights, power and authority
Of sovereign governments, not inconsistent
or in conflict with those they had concc-
ded or stipulated to yield for the gen
sial good.
For the long period Of sixty years the
party formed on this basis, with slight in
terrupton., not sufficient to materially
change it's action. administered the gov
eminent, and its result has now become
history
1t may. at least, be permitted to those
who believed in the Democratic creed. who
have adhered to its prlncirlcs, and walked
confidently in its ways. and have given
their voice and their suffrage to maintain
it. to affirm that the mission Of that great
and powerful organization was honorably
and fairly fulfilled, and that there are few,
very few. points in its career that can just
ly cause rcproach, while its conduct marks
. truly glorious epoch in the science Of
goot government.
1t can never be denied or forgotten that
from 1910 to i Sol tho Union 50 critical
" formed. was maintained hy gcrtlencss
and concessions in all its strength and
beauty. and became the admiration of all
free aud enlightened men that i, never
encroached upon the rights of the States
which 1ourished and were multiplied be
yonL all precedent or example, That 1t
acquired. by negotiation or purchase, the
vast territories which were added to the
Kepublic, and all that have been acquired
since the formation of the government :;
tha. it paid the public deLs, and :..aintain
cd the public credit inviolahly that it dis
burdc,.cd labor aud property of all taxa
sion-exccp, small revenue derived from
customs. which was spent with great econ
omy that it maintained our standard of
value by recognizing specie as tho only
constitutional currency; that it establish
cd our National reputation abroad, and
preserved poacc. tranquility and perfect
security n, home that its legislation WAS
deliberate. wise ani prudent, havius for
it. object the general cooa, ana thc pcrp;-
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03

The St Louis Times pcrt;ncntly says
that the people may well ask the question,
Have we a Congress :" for caucus just
now seems to bc King, Enactmcnts aud
resolution. are no longer initiated in pn5-
lie, ;8nd subject 10 discussion, but in private
where the minority is bound, as if BY law,
to the will of the majority. BY this means
all questions are carried through and even
the vote known before announced. The
country is thus ruled by caucus. which
may be but the half Of the rump. So the
country goes from bad to worse There is
no legislation 50 dangerous no action 50
revolutionary; no contemplation 50 fright
lul IS ssss ssssss cathe King, and that King.
Caucus. >'
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03

Wendell Phillips i, out in this week 5
Anti-Slavcry Standard in favor Of Fred.
Douglass as United States Senator in
place of Hon Ira Harris Phillips Oh
jcc,s to Greedy, on account Of his ''noto-
rous weakness and cowardice,' and his
periodical attacks of the o.d Whis DIS
ease OF compromise" The choice of the
great Radical leader is thus Indicated
I'VE know a gentleman we'll known
also in political circles, whose location IN
the State happens to be exactly right, who
has probably done mere tl,an any man IA
the state 10 promote the cause Of genuine
Ropublicani>n who is Justly distinguish
ed at home and ahroal as 4 patriot jour
nalst and an orator, who i competent 70
fill with honor to himself and the State
the position Of Senator, and whose n"mc
is Frederick nourllss \, an eligible
candidate available from locality and emf
ncnt personal fitness. VIC c-mmcna Mr.
noucls>S - fhc favorable consideration u
shr houorabl. s"atle.acu Of tie La,::i-!a-
turt.
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03
Are the Southern States in the Union.


The aucs. ion Of the autu, of the ) uih-
cru States is about TO be brought formally
before the Supreme Court cf the United
States for decision. A nIe,n nAyii,,T Jor~
dan was recently brought before the Felc-
raj District Court Of Alabama on a charge
of felony, and having been found guilty,
was sentenced t. twenty Ono years I'M
prisonmcnt His counsel have determined
to apply to the Supreme Court for wit
Of Hubsus Co.prs on the ground that Ma
bana is not . State, but territory. AID
a. such, that the District Court has no lc-
gal status The question Will thus be
brought fairly and sluarely before our
highest Judicial tribunal, aud, as tits an
'icipated that it will be candilly met an!
promptly adjulicatcd, We may expect IA
c"rlv solution of The question whether our
Southern sisters arc in thc Union IS > atcs
or merely as territories.
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03
To Messrs. PaTER w. GRAIN.
and ,JouN l.. SEARS.
Attorneys at Law Md.
Prcst. IF Com

The y. Y. Times, though ''our lIcrrod
ing lIcrrod' since ITS late rcconvcrslon to
the views of extreme Radicalism. has the
deccncy and Justice t. confess that c1cep-
Ting the unanimous refusal of the South
crn Legislatures te ratify the Constitution
al Amendment the general legislation Of
these bodies of late has been such az to
command the approval of the frcedom-lov-
ing people of tho North.
with regard especially to the question:
of the blacks. which Interests very deeply
great number of people in this section,
the action ofthc Southern Legislatures
has been, in almost every instance, hu
name and liberal to 4 very high degree =
Not only have the old laws affecting item
adversely. one way or another, been re-
pealcd, but the guarantees Of the personal,
civil. social and property rights in thc ncw
LEG; Station have been stringent and unex-
ccptiouable We think it must astonish
every man to see how old pr,judices have
gone down with old institutions, and hoN
The innumcrable restrictions connected With
Slavery have given place to the large nb
critics of the new order of things Inde-
pendcn,ly of such matters Us affect thc
lately cuslavcd race. We think that every
one who has taken the trouble 70 look over
the proceedings OF the Sou hrrn l.egSla
lures. must have been struck with the tXtcut
to which l.i<ui'-jng spirit pcr' ales their
action. 1t appears in thousand minor
things. which, to be appreciated, must be
compared with things a> they existed in the
pass. Such progress of ideas, such ready
recognition OF changed circumstances,
GU ht at least 10 modify the f,rocious Ian
gusgc which violent extremists u-c IN
speaking of he action OF The SQn:heFn
Legislatures.
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03

How JrrT. DAVIS WEAHs.-A CORES
poudcnt of the New York Timcs. writing
lately fl ON F,rtrcss Monroe, thus describes
the personal appearance Of the Stat pri.-
oucr.
Willie Col Stanton was paying the sable
warriors Jefferson Davis, walking the ram
parts thit have 50 long been to hiu III"
worlds boundary, pas Sed by and glanced
cuyiou~ly at the scene. Vt that moment
gen lcman took note Of hi@ personal ap-
pearancc, who has not seen him since 1860,
but who was then familiar with his form
aud features, ana his first impression was
that J Jefferson Ravi> has grown wonlron>ly
old in these f5w years. His hair has
turned Silvcry Whit. his form -,rown cnla-
catcl. his face ha"5arl, hi, step slow and
uncertain, his whole presence sihat Of one
the sands of whose lie have Talmost run
out. Daily he mount, the rampar;s, daily
h. gathers what he may of in;isoration
from the bracing, hcalthtul air >ur-ing up
from the ocean between the |ir.inia
capes but daily his life seems rapidly
slipping away from his grasp. Hr
has no positive Ease, lie is snot even fret
ted by any calling prison restrictions; lie
seems at ease, has no compl'int> to make
about his treatment, and yet his strength
appears to wanc: his natural force day by
day to be alatcd bat those most familiar
with him now seem to think tlat he will
las. as long within the fort ont Of it,
perhaps longer The greet four years
strain upon his energies and the. q, ~n,ii
of his Empire, saprcl the foundations o'
his life. after that 1t mattcrcd litflc whrrc
or how he lived | may aid that he ha~
grown simply indifferent Is t. u, -.lnr';
he does Eot expect liberty and rcs 6r speak
of it now; he docs not hope for trl;, ia
the Spring, but prcsunlcs that the trial
will be discussed and limited At As the cA-
cuse far keeping him where llc is.
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03
NOTICE.
: STATE nf MARYLAND.
EIEEITiTE DEPIR T.NENT


E1-E.Y-YfTr DEPARTMENT.
M i!khhtS. tte & neral Assembly,.
w Al jaInrrl S'->i1l l>po, dad
p.npu>c an a:ncn.!nrrt > the Z nj u
Of this >trr- @.rik:rt -; III. Six Sec
ton oi i hlth'h -A'':c!r
And warr"as. n sal amend ncnt.
vi h the yeas and hal> thereon. h.vlng
been entered gpJn the Journal "f ear1
ll"H>'. priut i ~ h lie l,ss p's j a:
tic same SESSION. AID plb / IA in thu
newspapers a; the oi'y Of Bd.innre ana
The d.f'tent I 'lnii"S, vas >.olnHtvi -
n" Iua ii i c,ec;or> o: IA ) .t- t,r III 'ir
canhrna'lon or r'j'c'oA at tn late cleo
ipu for III III bcr> Of IA, General Ass m
bly,;
-Aal Wher a, it appears from the re-
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03


TN-L(E TIVE DLP .lR TNtN T..
VI liIHEAS, an Il 'cf'o1 was held II
w this >tdr on 'hc 65h d. OF NO
v-ubcr list, for members !" F"rrTs '"i 'hr
State Of Mary lAnd 10 nc Congress "I th.
| lltrd S'ate>. AMI i; ! ma 'e IA" dAfy 81
;hc G"vrrn"r ~ the rt'' o 9"c1 elections
Q asc. rt'ln u" tum"ef OF votes gwen Tor
each prs vo'c1 t, 10 'h@ rrt"rn, -
;hc jrdl's Of election rcrt1hrd 70 han. Al:
tucrvu poA 10 i-ciA-e by f.1cl-H' 't.o1 I'll
rc>ul
Aua whereas. by the s''d rf.nrn> 81"
certified, and an ohnm.ra'lor "f 'i'r v"t' ;
given for the scvc7a. cIudt 'A''+4 for sal.
uiilcer> II app,aIs that, n ta- f'rSt CO..
sr,sSiuna III tr;ct. Hiram Aic|n.nA%h
had tn" creates 1uInhr o: y IN t-1
Second Noagrr>~!o Al D'tfitt, S,''ve"S -
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03
n1any of our readers.
Baltimore, Dec. llth, 1866.
Respectfully,
y. W. GRAIN.
Is B,ltimorc, Dee. 9th, '66

Is .lilmorc, zee. olH. %
Gcnh,men Ia reply to Your, letter of
the 3rG instant, IN which you respect
fully ask for permission to HE for our
consideration claim papers returned by
the late Board for want of final action, .
[ would respectfully state. that this Board
have received positive instructions from
the War Department that it shall not
receive any claims for slaves enlisted or
att,d in the State of Maryland into
the military service of the .n;ed States
that were filed with the former Board
and returned to the claimants or their
attorneys
In all cases claims for slaves must be
prepared in compliance with the new to'mS
and instructions furnished 10y the War
Department.
In reference to your second. inquiry -
"Will the Commissioner receive claims of
tie citiz"ns of Maryland the counties of
Accomac aud Northampton. h. 5. of
Virginia, for slaves enlisted in the Dis
trict ot Columbia, in ary of the free
States, in territory declared free By the
Presidents proclamation, or in the Ma
val Service of the United Sta'es =
Your attention is invited t. the final
paragraph Of the printed instructions
from the War Department for the gov
crnme Mt of the Board, as follows:
NO clam will be entertained unless
it is shown that the slave enlisted or
was drafted in the State for which the
Commissioner is appointed y
I have the honor to be,
Very Respectfully.
Your obc nj servant,
WM Finn,
prcst. cf Com.
TO Messrs. PsTER w. GRAIN.
and IouN l.. SEARS
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03

Several of Bccchcrs Puritan con t.eG.-
ton have recently been arrested for cheat
ln1 the government ont "flhc s. tax oa whi>-
Ky II lc'chcr'> P!ous followers Will make
whisky, c,n he not prevail upon them Z,
10 Il honestly
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03
0cIftS or TrGErAELys II, ,arllc came

OsIGIS or TrGErAELgs.-t'arlic came
from Sicily. where, Tor my part. | wish II
Eal said. B,4us bl3ss)ntI HrSt With
sight + cmbryo mrmm'cs. III 'he
hand of the Sphinx; an'l Sou,h-
crn Europe cave the ariichokc AMI
,A,. beet. To Persia We stand ln!cbtti
f,r peaches, wll.i.S, mu.5crrlcs Al !
score Of everyday luxuries and necessities;
- Ay..bia we owe the cultivation oi >p:-
"a -; ana 10 Southern Europe we must
bow In fearful grat:tIic f"r The horse ra-
dj,h. At Siberia the victim> OF m"'I-rn
in.empcranrc may shake their CORY 'rk>
eorcy,r-tnr from ,hl, cold, un>"clal laai
came rye. the father ut that great h:e-~ater
riyc- which tcatcd 50 niaAy Jo'f" souls ON
i, trcachcreus tides, and ensutcd 81 much
of humanity. treasure. The chesnut. dear
10 squirrels, and yolns Ani"rlca, first
dropped its burrs on Italian soil, Who
ever dreams while enjoying his "B"rsa-
mo tc," his ''t'lcnl>h Il auty, or his
Jargonclc," that the first pear blossom:
opcncd within 81 hit OF the Pyramids and
what fair school girl Of the plckle-c.it NJ
tribe dreams ufthaukius inc East ludlcs ior
sucumbcr,!
Parsley, that prctti-st Of all pretty
greens, taking 50 naturally t. our Amcrl-
can soil that It seems quite to the manor
born, is only "a soj ,urncr among us Its
native home is Sardinia or, rather there
it first secured an acquaintance with ciIl-
lied man. Onions. too, are oily natural
lizcL foreigners III Ancrca. / IN hoped
that in poetic justice research would prove
his pathetic bulb to have sprun. from lhc
forth her withcr-J hand and claims the
onioa as her oNn Maize AMI potatoes,
thank Heaven ctn mock us "lin no for
cisn pedigree. sy are our>-oufs 10
command, to have and to hold, from time :
uegingirc TO its cndin-, though England
an1 ireland buster over corn ana -pra-
ties Till they arc hoa"3e.
Some of our co;empora.'ies are reiivil-
ing the idea of Coltax being candidate
for President What alter such ! maa
as Lincoln has been President. what per
son may not aspire to til. r,st? Alt-r
this example, We Should say the Wy WIS
opcn 10 Cu.tax. or Dick 3u>teed or Ben.
Couoy,r, We are a,tonish ID no, to la1o
heard tiat both Stanton and 30 to- Cor
Dctt were in the fed for the Mouar utm m
nation. Stanton NAV not be quite as
GOOD looking as Boston Corbutt, but hc
Is a, handsome Il man as OLD Abe was,
ana if he is less coarse in his manners, he
makes up ;ho dcici.uc~ hv being more
] brutal III his passions.
The Washington Chronicle, edited by
calls upon Congress to take the Supreme
Court Of tho Unitcd States in hand for
having decided that military commissions
for the triAI of ciyilians are demonstrations
al. We 10 not wonder that such fellows
is Forncy should take alar,n-for That de-
csion makes murGcrcrs of every raSca
who had AZ, thing to d3 with the trial and
who have been Illegally nut t. dca,h bv
military commissions 1t wou,l he Ike
Congress to abolish the Supreme Court al
oLcthcr. \ dim. it can 10 Just as legal
ly as it eau abolish States into territories
rial, Of ciiv.,;n, bv mili,arv c,u,t~ are ILL.,
gai. / ic H"'"|'| Tears 'Iiat the ''utf VIII
Yet uu!n aI! that lie 10 / us War / Il
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03
Enlisted OF Drafted Slaves.

The following correspondence ia refer
encc to compensation to loyal owners for
slave. enlisted or drafted luto the service
of the United States will be Of interest to
many of our readers.
Baltimore Dec lth, 1866
Editor Of Gn."F.-l have received
letter from the Commissioners to awarl
compensation to loyal owners of slaves
drafted or enlisted in the service of the
United States, a copy Of which | furnish
you for the Information of the citizens OF
St Mary's county Interested IN the iufor-
nation.
Respectfully,
u W Cp.,S
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03

d e. l3;h, ieC6-t>,
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-06-06
From Nevada.

GREAT DIsCUssION.-The great dis
cussion of the subjects of ''Baptism,'
''The State of the Dead" and ''The Final
Destiny Of the Wicked" between Rev.
Rolla II. Club, of Pcrrysburg, O., of the
NJ. f. Church, in behalf of the Lutheran
and other churches. and Elder Miles
Grant. of Boston, Mass, of the Christian
Advent Church, commenced at O'Clock
A, NJ, to-day (Thursday, June g., and
will continue seven days, occupy ing
two 3-hour sessions per day, one in the
forenoon. and one in the afternoon, Sun
day excepted, when there will be
preaching in the forenoon and after
noon and also in the evening, as usual.
The well-known ability of the speakers
Fand the great interest in the commu-
nifty and elsewhere, will insure a large
gathering. The discussion is held in
the large mission tent, which will seat
one thousand people. Weought to have
received a notice last week. but there is
still time to attend the tent meeting
Sunday next, aud the discussion on the
last two questions.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-06-06
The Markets.

New YORK, June 3.-Flour-Closed
very dull and 1O@2Oc lower. Grain
Wheat dull and heavy for winter, but
more steady for spring No. 81 55@ ,
60. Rye quiet at 81 70@l y. Oats
steady at Sl@S3c Corn dull and declin-
ing at ST 1901 %. Provisions-Pork
steady at $23 20. Beefquiet and steady.
Lard dull at 13@14c for fair.
PHILADELPHIA, June 2 Flour dull
at $13 for Northwestern. Beef cattle
scarce at l9@2Oc for fair, 15@16c COM
mon 15@16c. Sheep declined, at 6@7c.
Wheat dull at 50 rs for State Red. Rye
72c. Corn steady at 81 90.
CINCINNATI, June 3.-Flour dull at
$13@l5 for family. Wheat dull and
nominal. Corn dull at 81 so. Oats dull
at tic in bulk. Rye scarce at 81 90
Provisions-Sales of pork at $s22 80. Ba-
con firm at 9c. Lard demand at l2114c.
Butter 15@17c. Eggs 16@E.