The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-04-09
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We learn from Washington dis.
patch that Stanton apprehsads, or pre-.
tends TO apprchcnd AN attack trohi she
Virginia side, aud has given orders TO
the troops In aud around Washington
TO DO 10 resdinois 70 meet IL. fine
Louisville Courier remarks that If he
believes 10 the existence ,of any such
| project, he has taken council Of his
fears rather than of the facts, just o.
Coliax did over the nitro. glycerine bus.
iuess. ,"Ihe wicked fee when no man
pursuethP
A dispatch dated Scranton Pa.
March 81 says: liy the Breaking Of
chain connected with tie h0istiag ma.
chincry At the Diamond Coal Mines 10
this city, this morain9, apltform con /.
tanning seventeen men was precipitatcd
10 The bottom Of the shaft ---lS5 foot
hlcyen men were instantly killed. one
has since died, and two more IL IA
thought cannot live. They leave eley.
en- widows and twsnty.sighs orphans.
This is the most disastrous accident
that has occurred in fhe Lackawsaua
Valley coal fields for many wears.
The political excitemeat over the
approaching vote on tho Cons Triton
has become intense throughout North
Carolina Both the Gabernatsrial can.
didalss ars eanyassing che State and
not less il il said than two hundfcsl
speeches day are being made in the
different counties. II il reported that
the CONSERVATIVES arc orhilIltiog more
energy tliau the Radicals. Lut both
parties appear coafiasur Of success.
A dispatch from Providence. Rhode
islanf', dated April lsl says. The fol-.
lowing is the result Of the election 70
day; Burnside, Rep, 9.767; Pierce.
Dem, 5,653, Providsnec City gives
burnside 1919; Pierce 1fs6. Tue
Legislature standH--Seaate, Republi.
cans n Democrats 8. House, Repubs
ieahs G2; Democrats 8. The Assem-.
bly, will be largely 10 favor Of the re.
election ofSaaator Spragac.
Bradley, the Boston negro lawyer
who was expelled from The Radical Con.
Tcution 10 Georgia, Il now circnlating
incenaiary notices in the city Of Savnn
eah and the surrounding country TEA
ding TO excite the negroes 10 murder
add arson.
A man, reputsd TO have boon 1t one
tipo wealthy merchant in New York
city, was recdaily found drad ~ his
coiiia, in a hat which he occupied lhif.
tydss years, near Albion, Michigan
Disappointment 10 love caused him 10
become a hermit, and he every nlgh,
slcpt in the eoiin 10 which his dead
body was found, Al @ h 3e
A drunksfd fn Charleston had the
horrors aud was thereafter prostratcd
BY illness. His wife got a barrel Of
whiskey, put it al tho head of his bed
and arranged il so he could iil himself
OF MY time he booked az tho barrel
. day. aud resolved 70 drInk no more
vow be has rcIigiously kept Tor three
years aF ig eia
Chicago, On last sdnd4y night, bad
scyea large warehouses, al 10 row.
entered by burglars and fobhed---a feat
which the Chicago papers think une
qnalled as yet by tho burglars u any
rival city on the globe e'a b 1if
One MeAdsm, recently pardoDctl out
oFthe Tennessce peDiiehtiary. whHher
he had beee sent fof contributing rape
on his mother in.law IL now raisin.. d
pcgro militia force, hsying been com.
missioned fot that purpose by the State
authorities. az fr@ "a 81.
A diyore a man 10 New Haven mar.
ricd divorced woman a few months
ago, aud now m6urns a second divorce
---that of'his new wife ana $4,000 in
boudss which IRE nowhere 10 be foand
A correspondents Of a Baltimore pnpe
asked why marriages aud death notices
should be paid FORT For the yer; best
Of REASONS, one is M advertisement Of
copartnerslip, and the other Is a notice
of dissolution Business Is busin sss.
A Liverpool 'bthef found his son
hanging ID his bedroom and iet hin.
alone. When asked Why he did not
Send for doctor, be replied that he
had lis cows TO attend to- a.
The New York HerqH dcnominatcs
two prominent, politicians ss, Horace
Greedy, The restless, yiiupcrnte and Id.
consequent agitaior ofthc Radical press,
and Mr. Stanton, the oilyrtonsued plot.
Ger for power
AZ the recent county election, at
Memphis, Tcun., the negroes assaulted
a Catholic priest. who was passing tho
polls, aud hunted him about the streets,
q A gang Of Yieksbprg negroes recent,
l'ly exllumed several bodies from the
Jewish graveyard, at that place, aud
eat oil the fingers OF the corpses for
the sake Of the rings they wore.
An army Of rais, driven out Of tho
sewers by the food, attsekeda family
Ia Toronto and nearly Ate . couple of
children. 4, hps 5ss4- e.tf
Tho Governor Of New York has de.
clined 10 pardon young ketchum, the
Wallstreet gold gombler and lefauller
\ Ihe majority against the negro Con,
stituilon IN Arkansas Is about 10000.
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~ The cornerstone of the new Metho.
| distEpiscopal Church Seatls, .s.ear Free.
| dom, in this county, will be ibid on
Easter Monday, under the supersisiop
of the Masonic Order. Distinguished