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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02

Meeting of the Stockholders Of the Peters,
burg tons in Favor of
the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Adopted.
A general meeting of the Stockholders
Of the Petersburg Raj lroad Company
called by order of the Board of Directors,
for the purpose of consolidating the fund
ed and floating debt of the Company un-
der one mortgage-was held in that city
on Thursday last and after considerable
discussion the following resolution was a.
dopted:
Resolued, That the Board of Directors of
the Petersburg Railroad Company be, and
they are hereby authorized to issue coupon or
registered bonds, not exceeding five hundred
thousand dollars, bearing an interest of not
exceeding six per cent per annum, in the dis
erection of the Directors, and payable semi
annually, the bonds to be made payable at
long dates, and to be secured by mortgage on
the property of the Company, now existing
or hereafter acquired, with the net income,
tolls and receipts of the Company; the bonds
to be sold, at such discount as the Board
erwise used by hypotbecation or exchange !;
provided, that none of said bonds shall be
disposed of by sale or exchange at rate less
than eighty cents in the dollar.
Colonel Boiling read to the meeting an
extract from letter received from Gov
ernor Bowie, of Maryland, setting forth
the Importance of connected line of rail-
way between Baltimore and the South
through this section, and the advantages
that would result therefrom, and offered
the following preamble and resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, 1t is of the greatest Importance
to the public convenience and the interests of
this and other railroads to form close connec-
tons with the line of railroads North and
South, running by way of Petersburg
ResolUed, That this meeting learns with
more than ordinary qualification the best as
surances for the speedy completion of the Bal
timore and Potomac Railroad, link in our
central route of manifest Importance, connect
ing at Aqua Creek with the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac Railroad.
Resolued, That this company will earnest
ly cooperate with these roads and their cons
nections by every manner Of facility to make
this line the preferred, as it is the shortest
route between the city Of Augusta, Georgia,
and the city of Baltimore, Maryland. 80
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
GOES COUGH BALSAM!

THIS long tried ana popular Remedy is n
Il gain called to the attention Of the public.
As often as the year rolls around, the proprie-
tors annually make their bow to the people, end
remind them that amongst the many things re.
quired for the health, comfort and susteEanca
of the family through the long and tedious
months of winter, Goes Cough Balssm, should
not be forgotten. For years it has been house.
hold medicine-and mothers anxious for the
safety Of their children. and all who suffer from
any disease of the throat, chest and lungs, cam
not afford to be without it. 10 addition 10 tho
ordinary four ounce, so long 10 the market, we
now furnish our mammoth family size bottles.
which will, in common with the other size, be
found at all Drug Stores.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
Yrhe Revolution in Spain.

The instruction in Spain daily grows
in extent, and has fairly earned its right
to the title of revolution. The last ma
tional vessel has gone over to the rebels !;
the army is either deserving the royal
cause outright or becoming constantly
weaker in its power of resistance; the
exiled generals have sprung up to con-
front the tyraunical power which banished
them from their native land; and, as the
elimination Of the story. Madrid is re-
ported to be ell ready to yield its allegi-
ance to the royal authority and 60 over
with the other cities of the kingdom to
the popular cause. What are the precise
plans of the insurgents after they shall
have succeeded in carrying their main
point Of attack. which is the power of the
Queen, it has not yet been disclosed. It
is not known whether a republic is in
tended, constitutional monarchy or an
empire. Enough that the people from
north to south and east to west are rising
simultaneously for the overthrow of a cor
rupt and degraded tyranny, Of which there
was actually no other way of being rid
than by a concerted violence. 1t has long
been admitted that Spain could be saved
only by the application of the revolution
airy principle. When its success as an
becomes amply assured, we
may regard with even profounder interest
the influence it is likely to exert on France
and Europe at large.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
BALTIMORE MARKETS.
TUESDAY, September 30, 1868.

TUESDAY, September 30, 1868. =
City Mills Superine, s. s.25 S s.75
Shipping br. Extra, ll.50 a u.75
Patapsco, Horizon, Reservoir
and Weverton Family, 13OOa 1880
Greenfield and Welch's do. OO.OO a ID so
GRAIN.-The market steady. No prime or
choice white received. Sales of white at $50
cts; choice red at 270 cts, prime do. 25S cts
Corn-Sales of white at l20 cts; yellow at
l27al2S cts.
oats-Prices ranging from p to rs cts.-all
weight
Rye-Sales at l45 cts.
[From the Baltimore Gazette of Saturday last. I.
ToBAcco.-Receipts of all kinds of leaf have
again fallen off the past week. Maryland, par
ticularly the lower grades, scarce and in good
request, while the better descriptions are neg
lected. Sales embrace 30Oa4OO hhds within our
range below. In Ohio leaf we note sales of L.
600 hhds., taken for France, terms not transpir-
ed, though supposed to have been a concession
on the part OF sellers. There appeared to be no
other buyers for this description at Or PRESENT.
Kentucky remains dull and prices nopinally
unchanged in the absence of transactions.
Inspections for the week were $50 hhds. Ma
ryland, (77 reinspected,) II Ohio and IL Ken
tucky-total, 672 hhds.
Cleared same time ITO hhds. to foreign ports.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02

~General Prim, one of the leaders
Of the progressing revolution in Spain, is
an adept in such matters, and organizes
an instruction with nearly the same ease
and nonchalance that he would arrange a
hunting party. He has been engaged in
the work from boyhood. He came to this
country during the late war, and was a
looker-en. in: McClellan's camp, on the
Cbickahominy, and was a witness to his
''ehspgs of base" He attempted revo-
lution in 1866 and another in 1867, both
of which were abortiye,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
%A brief little note is now lying be-

~A brief little note is now lying be-
fore us. the sight of which would call up
sad reflections in every mind. and throb
of indignation in every honest heart. 1t
is signed by DR.. Mudd on behalf of him
self and his unhappy fellow prisoners who
are now confined upon the dreary island
to which they were illegally consigned
more than three years ago by order of a
military commission. That these men
we're guilty Of the crime Of which they.
we're accused few persons now believe
No dispassionate lawyer can now read the
testimony without arriving at the conclu-
sion that it wholly fails to bring home to
the prisoners the faintest knowledge of
any plot for the assassination of Mr.. Lin
coin. The victims of the mad passions
which ruled the hour. they were doomed
to conviction from the moment of their ar.
rest. Had the Court which tried them
remained even under suspicion of their
guilt, it would unhesitatingly; have sent
them with the innocent woman whom it
hanged in chains to appeal before high
Ter tribunal against the foulest Judicial
murder Of the age. They are suffering,
too, under the judgment Of Court which
had no shadow Of authority to try or to-
punish them. 1t had been the boast of
this people ever since the foundation of
the Republic that no citizen could be de-
|prived o.. life, liberty or property without
due process of law, and the specious cas-
uistry which was woven to justify acts of
despotism and the assumption of arbitrary
power by this Government is being now
dismissed into the category of things alb
horred and scorned. But the mute ap-
peal Of the prisoners on the Dry Tortugas
meets with no fitting response from peo-
| pie claiming to be both just and Free
Now and then there goes up an earnest
protest from some quarter, but the public
10 the main seems Indifferent to the fate
of men who are but few and friendless.-
Meanwhile they are enduring their slow
tortures, and heart-bToken wife and her
little children are looking with sad and
longing eyes for the coming of him whom
they know to be SO unjustly and merci-
lessly used.-Boh. Gazette.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
Washington Races.

Warrington Races.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Baltimore Sun says:
The track of the National Race COURSE,
near this city. is pronounced by turfmen
one of the best in the country. 1t has
recently been put in complete order, and
next month we are promised series Of
running races by fine horses. Governor
Bowie, Mr.. Clement Hill and other pro-
minent citizens of Maryland, who have
been among the best patrons of this course
ever since it was laid out, have promised
their valuable cooperation again on this
occasion, and will induce other owners of
good stock to lend their aid and counten-
ance. It is we'll known that some of the
farmers in Prince Gesrge's and adjoining
counties in Maryland. and others near by
in Virginia, are the. owners of horses of
the best blood in the country, and the eff
fort will be to have finer display than
has yet been made in this vicinity.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
- s., =. FOR CONGRESS-:
Hon. FREDERICK STONE,
nsfu5si OF CHARLES COUNTY.

.UThe attention of our citizens is
called 10 the notices Of the several Officers
Of Registration to be found in our present
isnss !, BY these notices it will be seen
that the Registrars will sit again. on
Monday and Tuesday. the 18th and 18th
instant, for the purpose Of correcting the
Books Of Registration and the published
List Of Registered Voters--these lists the
Nv requires to be published in haudbill
form and to be set up in public places in
the several districts. At this time. i,
should be distinctly remembered, all par
ties, who for any cause, have failed here
tofors to register can now have the op.
Dert6nity Of doing so. This is the last
eppoftssity offered to register and il
should not Be neglected. It is important
that every vote should be cast at the No
vember election, and to do this our friends
Should zee that every qualified person in
their. neighborhood is registered. Oh
course if party fails to register at the
time now fixed he cannot vote. although
he may possess every other necessary quail.
i6cstion. as to age, residence. &c. We
hope then that our friends will use every
endeayor to induce every qualified person
b appear before the Registrars at the
specified times and places, for the purpose
Of having their names entered upon the
proper books.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
The Surratt Case.

At the date Of our last issue the special
plea Of the defence had been overruled
and the question was whether The Court
tie. densrrer 10 the special plea being
sssAainsd--would then proceed 70 pro-
noauss Judgment. The next morning.
Thursday. the 9th ult.. the counsel for
tbe sssssed declined the opportunity Of
iersd them By the Court to enter the plea
81 not guilty, heretofore Withdrawn. and
10 proceed TO trial. and then plead limita-
lions under the act of April 50th, 1870,
which requires all indictments to be
brought within two years from the time
Of commission Of the alleged offence "pro-
vided nothing therein contained shall ex-
tend to any person or persons fleeing from
jnstise. - This plea the Court. Judge
Wylie, ssstained upon the ground that
the Indictment, in charging the crime.
contained 10 averment that the accused
Was. ct any time. . fugitive from justice,
and that the. Court could only take notice
Of the state of facts presented by the re-
cord xtich failed to disclose the fact that
The accused had ever been beyond the ju-
1isdiction Of the Court. Upon motion Of
Mr.. Merrick the prisoner was thereupon
discharged. Various rumore have since
prevailed that the prosecution had caused
), new warrant. for the arrest Of the pris-
ensr. q b. issued, but it seems they are
sntrusz and that upon the assurance Of Mr..
Bradley that Surratt would be forthcom-
inc when wanted, no steps will be taken
seAinst him until another Indictment Is
asst found BY the Grand Jury. Wheth-
er . new Indictment will be found is not
yet determined and will not be until the
points Involved in Mr.. Carrington's ap-
peal from Judge Wylie's decision shall
have been decided by the Supreme Couft
in bdnc. ~
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
REGISTRATION NOTICE.

To the Voters of the Fourth Election
= --a--, District. 5G1 ..ta
THE undersigned, Officer of Registration for
i the Fourth Election District of Charles
County, hereby gives notice that he will attend
AT NEWPORT,
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, THE 18TH
AND 18TH OF OCTOBER, 1858,
from O clock, A. NJ, until 6 O'Clock, P. NJ,
for the purpose of correcting the Books of Re
gistration and the published List of Registered
Voters, in pursuance of the provisions of Sec
ton 10, Chapter 297, of the Act of the Gene
raj Assembly Of Maryland, passed at the JAN
uary session, 1868. 80 .
JAMES B. LATIMER,
Officer of Registration.
. Oct q l86S-lt
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02


Concerning this table the N. Y Trib-
ume remarks that if Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana vote for the Democrats in
October. Seymour will certainly have a
chance" but it asserts with positiveness
that, even then, "he cannot carry such
States as Missouri, Louisiana. Wisconsin,
California and Nebraska" tits admitted
that if the three great Central States.
with total vote of sixty, 60 Democratic
in October, the show for Radicalism will
be small one everywhere in November
The battle then turns mainly on the re-
suit in those States. Allowing that the
Democrats cannot carry the five States
objected to by the Tribune-Missouri,
Louisiana, Wisconsin, California and Ne
braska, whose united vote counts 34--the
admission is made that even a0ithout them.
but aoi9h Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana,
Seymour may be elected. For it is plain
that after deducting their 81 votes from
the 1913 votes for Seymour in the table,
the latter then receives 164 votes, which
is FIVE more than majority Of the votes
of all the States of the Union. Grant
would receive 100 votes, if we give him
the five States thrown out of the table by
the Tribune and even if we add the %
votes of the three excluded States, he still
gets but 1853 votes, which is not MAORI
ty of the electoral votes of all the States.
Seymour would thus be clearly elected,
by the Iribune's own admission, if he
carries the three great Central States.
Hence the profound interest that is felt
in the October elections. Their prelimi-
nary vote is taken as a more or less reli-
able indication of their final vote in the
general election. If we retain in the
table the five States objected to by the
Tribune, but lose Ohio and Indiana and
carry Pennsylvania, Seymour will still
get 164 votes, which is FIVE more than a
majority of everything. Or if We lose
Pennsylvania and secure the other two,
he is still sure, and even more so, of a
triumph. Or we may lose Pennsylvania
and either Of the other two, and still elect
Seymour; always provided the FIVE States
objected to by the Tribune are retained in
The above table, and provided the three
States which Congress has excluded from
the poll are not counted. One can see at
glance, therefore, how important it is to
carry those three Central States in the
October election.-Boston Post.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
A GREAT BLESSING.

tF+om REQ. l.. F. Ward, Ason, Lsvsis e. OF
MEssRs. STRONG & ARMSTRONG,
Gentlemen:-It gives me great pleasure 70 state
that my wife has derived great benefit FROM ths
use of Goes Dyspepsia Cure. She has been soT
number of years greatly troubled with DYE
pepsia, accompanied with violent Paroxysira 81
was ali the while, for months. unable ID do any.
thing, She took, at your instance. CesA A3a.
pepsia Cure, and has derived GREAT hENk4fr
FROM IT, and is now comparatively we<--
She regards this medicipes ~ a great hlessipek
Truly you're,
Jan. 18th, 1868, L.. WARD.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
The Dry TOrtugas PrisOners---The Late
Petition for q Writ OF Habeas Corpus

&c.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-The Attor-
ney Generals Office has received copy
of the opinion of Judge Boynton. of the
Southern District of Florida, on the ap-
plication for writ of habeas corpus to re-
lease from Imprisonment Mudd, Arnold
and Spangler, who were sentenced by a
military commission in the spring Of 1865
to confinement at Dry Tortugas on con-
viction of conspiracy to take the life of
Abraham Lincoln.
The two points relied upon in support
of the affirmative of this question were :
First, that the military commission had at
the time and place at which it was held
no jurisdistion to try and sentence for the
offense with which these persons we're
charged. Second, that if they were right
fully imprisoned up to the 4th of July
last, they were pardoned by the Presi-
dents proclamation of that date, and ought
now to be set at liberty.
The Judge did not think that the case
of Milligan was case in point. He
found no difficulty in CHASING the offence
as a military one, and with this opinion
arrived at the conclusion, that the proper
tribunal for the trial of those engaged in
it was military tribunal.
- The proclamation plainly excludes all
persons standing in the position of these
petitioners, whether they have been con-
victed or not. 1t pardons the crime of
treason, that is, it pardons persons who
have levied war against the United States
or given aid or comfort to their enemies
within the laws and usages of war, but it
pardons no person who has transgressed
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
NOTICE.

THE undersigned respectfully notifies the
perienced mechanic, will, from this date, have
full charge and control of his Shop in Bryan.
town. He will, in person, attend to HORSE
SHOEING and diseased Horses, but the bust
ness of the Shop will be conducted by Mr..
Owens, and contracts and bargains for work
should be made with him. / X ....,
Terms, positively Cash.
PETER TROTTER.
Aup. 81. l868-3m
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
REGISTRATION NOTICE. !.
To the Voters Of the Third Election
District.

TNHE undersigned, Officer of Registration for
L the Third Election District of Charles
County, hereby gives notice that he will attend
Att CROSSROADS.
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, THE 18th
AND 18th OF OCTOBER, 1868,
from O. clock, A. NJ, until O'Clock, P. NJ.
for the purpose of correcting the Books of Re.
gistration and the published List of Registered
Voters, in pursuance of the provisions of Sec.
ton 10, Chapter 297, of the Act of the Gene
raj Assembly of Maryland, passed at the JAN
uary session, 1868. = ff-
WILLIAM II. GRAY, q a.
Officer of Registration.
Oct. 2, 1867
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
TRENCH CANDY have just received a
IL fresh supply of French and plain Candy.
oct H. r. SCOTT.
REGISTRATION NOTICE..
To the Voters Of the First Election
District.

THE undersigned, Offer of Registration for
i the First Election District of Charles
County, hereby gives notice that he will attend
AT PORT TOBACCO,
ON MoN Nd "a AMP Nd 6 6EsDA1 THE 18th
from o'clock, A. NJ, until o. clock, P. NJ,
for the purpose of correcting the Books of Re-
gistration and the published List of Registered
Voters, in pursuance of the provisions of Sec
ton 10, Chapter 297, of the Act of the Gene
raj Assembly of Maryland, passed at the Jan
uary session, 1868. .r.-z ,-s
W. G. BRENT,
Officer of Registration.
Oct. 2, 1861 .-.,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02

i EA strange but fatal disease has ap-
peared among the horses Of this neighbor-
hood and which has SO far bafled all at
tempts to arrest its progress. Mr.. WIN.
T. Hindle has lost very valuable mare
and Mr. w, ?, Compton three fine mules.
The asissls sttscked seem to be unable
10 svsllow their food OF 10 drink water.
At4r dropping and languishing awhile
they die suddenly, and when examined
after death disclose no evidence Of dis.
eased condition.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02

the laws of war-no spy, no assassin and
no person who has been guilty of barbar
Gus treatment to prisoners. For these
reasons, deliberately set forth, the writ
was denied.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
To the Voters of the Second Election
District.

THE undersigned, Officer of Registration for
i the Second Election District of Charles
County, hereby gives notice that he will attend
AT MIR. ROwE's STORE, Pisgah,
ON MONDAY. AND TUESDAY, THE 18th
a- AND 18TH OF OCTOBER, 1868,
from O. clock, A. NJ, until o'clock, P. NJ,
for the purpose of correcting the Books of Re
and the published List of Registered
Voters, in pursuance of the provisions of Sec
ton 10, Chapter 297, of the Act of the Gene
raj Assembly of Maryland, passed at the Jan
uary session, 1868. ':j'a -
JAMES A. FRANKLIN,
Officer of Registration.
Oct 2. 1S6S-2t
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02

HG Gen. T. G. Hindman, of the late
Confederate States Army, was assassinat-
ed at his residence, in Helena, Arkansas,
on Sunday last. A man suspected Of the
deed is under arrest.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
REGISTRATION NOTICE.

To the Voters of the Ninth Election
District,
THE undersigned, Officer of Registration
i for the Ninth Election District of Charles
County, hereby gives notice that he will attend
AT PATUXENTs CITY,
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, THE 18TH
AND 18th OF OCTOBER, 1868,
from o'clock, A. NJ. until O'Clock, P. NJ,
for the purpose of correcting the Books of Re
gistration and the publtlhed List of Registered
Voters, in Pursuance of the provisions of Sec
ton 10, Chapter 297, of the Act Of the Gene
raj Assembly of Maryland passed at the Jan
uary session, 1868. f5 "a
RUFUS ROBEY,
Officer of Registration.
Oct. 2, 1861 -.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02

[F+on, LESTER SEXTON, Of JNiiscaskee.1
Milwaukee, WIS.,, Jan. %, 1865.
MEssRs. C. G. CLARK & Co., Nesp Haves, Conn.
Both myself and wife have used Goes DYspep-
sia Cure, and it has proved PERFECTLY satla-
factory as a remedy. have NO hesitation in
saying that we have received GREAT BENE-
FIT from its use.
Very respectfully, $3.50.
(Signed) LESTER SEXTON
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-10-02
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
To the Voters of the Eighth Election
District.

vTHE undersigned, Officer Of Registration for
/ the Eighth Election District of Charles
County, hereby gives notice that he will attend
AT BRYANTOWN,
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, THE 18th
AND 18th OF OCTOBER, 1868,
from o'clock, A. NJ, until o. clock, P. NJ,
for the purpose of correcting the Books of Re
gistration and the published List of Registered
Voters, in pursuance of the provisions of Sec
ton 10, Chapter 297, of the Act of the Cane
raj Assembly of Maryland, passed at the Jan
uary session, 1868.
TOWNLY ROBEY,
Officer of Registration.
De- Q. l568-2t