Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-07-16
logs, brush, snags and other rubbish
which lay at the bottom.

logs, brush, snags and other ruoDlsh
which lay at the bottom.
Unhitching, unrolling, uplifting and
disentangling was now mainly the work, as
ordered by the old Horse. Things re-
manned thus in disorder for time, when
old Nimrod, true to his instincts. had
hauled up fresh bottle of the hydrated
oxyde of ethule, and again, in bold relief,
was Seen standing upon the shore. The
widest enthusiasm now prevailed. 10
unhitch and disentangle the seine the
workmcn would, Notwithstanding the fiery
rays of the sun, and all other moral and
material considerations, thrust their heads
beneath the water even at the expense of
every and all other parts of their bodies.
Now, again, all was soon right, and with
hearty will the seine moved i'll, whilst
old Nimrod continued to encourage the
METERS with frequent wave of the bottle
forwards towards the shoal, and an occa-
sional pass back wards towards himself.
Later on, and another hitch, when old
Nimrod, gurgling out at the top of the
bottles veicc, gave again the silent COM
mand forward march," and final land
ing of the seine was soon accomplished,
when, amid the acclamations of the inter-
ested, it was plainly to be seen that this
was not so much of a failure. and that this
time fish, &C., enough had been caught
to serve the entire party. The silence of
which | have made mention above, was
now broken, and in short time all hands
were on terra .tInea in anxious wait for
the coming repast, which seemed, in pros
pect, somewhat distant. The time was,
however, rapidly whiled away by many
diversions, prominent among which was
our friend, the old Horse, putting forth
his favorite and celebrated spectacular
drama of the Moon in Eclipse" togeth-
er with variety of other dramatic, aero
batic and gymnastic performances. The
fish fried, were, with more or less of a
gusto upon the part of the carniverous,
soon disposed of. when, upon examining
the hands of the chronometer, it was OBJ
servable that the time stipulated for the
opening of the polls had we'll nigh arrived.
Just in time, at 4 P. NJ, we arrived
in the village and found many of our best
and most discerning fellow citizens, to-
gether with the judges and clerks busily
engaged arranging the box, preparing
manuscript ballots, &c., preparatory to
the exercise, upon the part of the freeman
Of his great vested right, the elective fran
chise. At quarter past four the polls
we're opened with the most spirited emu
lation upon the part Of the friends of
the several candidates. But l have
not yet told you who were the candi
dates, and, for prudential and other
reasons, l cannot publicly name them at
present. I will, however. say that there
were six, two of them, Capt. Thomas l.
j and Peter .Trotter, nominated by their
respective friends and admirers, whilst
the indepen ats were Thomas W. B.,
Bs,ss' e Va: : NJ and Hilary
The elcction passed off quietly, only
two fights and very little quarreling,
and that not in regard to the election,
having occurred during the whole even
ing. Just at 81 o'clock, P. NJ, the polls
we're closed, and upon a count of ballots
it appeared that Burch had received 2
votes, Bridget 3, Hughes 1, Middleton
1, Trotter 7 and Jameson 50.
On motion, the election of the last
named was declared unanimous with great
enthusiasm, whereupon committee Of
three we're appointed to notify him of his
election, all matters appertaining to the
same, &C., having passed off quietly and
with the best feeling.
Whilst the people we're with the great
est satisfaction felicitating themselves up
on their success, and the Captains good
fortune, came the unwelcome intelligence
that Hilary Burch, Esq, had contested
the election upon the ground of informal
and illegal proceedings. He (Burch)
claiming that in the first place the county
having been re-districted, and he living
in Benedict. though standing candidate.
should not have been regarded as con-
testant for the championship in Bryan
town whilst holding undisputed sway in
the new district of Patuxent; and again,
that he did not know that he would be
voted for in Bryantown until it was too
late for him to marshal his forces from
Benedict and elsewhere in time to be fair
ly represented, and further, that the cleo
ton of Mr.. Jameson was informal and IL
legal because of the judges and clerks not
having been duly sworn, as also, on &C
count of he (Jamieson) having received
one or more negro votes, &c.
[ am unable to say how far the objec-
tons of Burch will hold, and to what ex-
tent the informalities complained of will
affect the election in legal bearing, but
l share in the general impression that
should new election be ordered. whilst
much larger vote would be polled, the
final result would be the same. as the SEN
timents of the people have, for long
time, been fully and thoroughly canvass
ed and the best and most accomplished
liars in the district we'll known to the
public. Yours, &c.,
.., ONE OF THE ELECTORS.
ATTENTION!