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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02

Companies A and D, Of the Fifth Battalion
Cavalry. NJ. N. g., under the command Of
Major J. Parran Crane, assembled in Port
Tobacco, on Tuesday last, for regular Drill
and Dress Parade. The two companies made
quite handsome and soldier-like appearance,
although their ranks were not full. We re-
gret that she exercises of the day were cut
abort By the inclensncy Of the weather.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02
The Fifteenth Amendment.

So far eleven States have taken definite ae.
ton on the Fifteenth Amendment, nine of
which have ratified and two rejected it. The
States which have ratified it are Kansas, West
Virginia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Maine,
South Carolina, Arkansas, and Pennsylvania.
The States Of Georgia and Delaware have re-
iecte3 il
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02

~The Spring term of the Circuit Court
Of Prince Georges County will begin on Mon
day next. The Gazette says:-"There are a
number Of law and equity cases, and the
usual number Of criminals, to be attended to,
and it is thought the Court will be in session
for at least three weeks"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02


The National Life Insurance Company,
which received its charter from the national
Congress in July last, has already made its
record in unmistakable characters. With its
agencies as yet only in process Of organiza-
ton, it has, as we learn, issued insurance to
an amount exceeding seven million dollars.
This we think is very marked success-it is
so much needful work we'll done.
The Company does strictly cash business
as being in its judgment the simplest and best
for both the insurer and the insured, and it
never complicates its affairs with either notes,
loans, OF dividends, and thus leaves no door
open to misapprehension or disappointment
in the future. While the principle of $50
much insurance for SO much money" is rigid
ly adhered to, and every policy has thus a
fixed and determinate value, all accumula-
tions that might otherwise be declared as di-
vidends at some future time, discounted in
adcance, and the exact pro rata is counted in
with the amount Of each policy when it is is
sued.
Managed by men Of the highest financial
ability and undoubted integrity, protected by
large paid up cash capital, and possessing
all the elements that have given success to
other similar enterprises, we should expect
this would become one of the most successful
institutions of its kind.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02

~ Rset Foheees TemPerancs Society.
& This Society, which has been recently or
asuised in this town under most cheering au-
spices, hdd . public meeting, in the Court
Houss, on Ffidsy afternoon last, at which the
ProceedIngs and the Constitution adopted at
. previohs meeting, were read. Tie Society
then proceeded To- elect officers and selected
the following gentlemen. for the present year
.Rrsndsat- t-E. WELLS, - 4~l4f ...
, : 1ssOsd;.g Se-dary-HY. q. RosERrsos,
ebrspead.eg Sseretasy-L. WIIxEs,
I !ISeasarsr~-WN. II. 'B1ANDFoRD.
The selection of Vice President and the
Executive Committee was postponed till an
other meeting Of the Society is held. The
President extended An invitation to persons
present to come forward and sign the Pledge,
when Mr.. L. WILMER arose and addressed
the meeting in very earnest and feeling
manper. Several gentlemen then placed their
sienatuses to the Pledge. The Society then
adjcurnsd to Friday, the 9Th Of April, at 8
iSeoch, r. N. s. ..=l1esa4 g
A list Of javeaile signatures to the Pledge
has bssn opened, which already embraces the
ussSss of about twenty youths, whose ages
sanss fton, I 70 II years. It is to be hoped
shat the parents and friends Of these children
viii encourage them 70 perssvsre in the good
cause, thus sarly sspoased, both by precept
'anA sxsnpls, 90 that the rising geseration
may b. Dsss strongly fortified seaiuss the
semptsticu1 - indulge in Intoxicating drinks
vhso tbey shall Is called I'd enter upou the
set'-e and responsible duties Of life.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02
News Items.

The illness Of ex President johnson was in
the nature of paralysis Of the right side, and
was the result of complication of disorders
from which Mr.. johnson has long been suf-
ferer-neuralgia of the nerves in the region Of
the right eye, frequent violent vertigo, and
the formation of stoues in the bladder.
The members of Congress, it is said, are
beginning to show signs of wanting to get a.
way from Washington-anda an early adjourn
ment is thought likely. Others again sup
pose that an adjournment cannot take place
before the last of April.
Ex-Mayor James Harper. who was thrown
from his carriage in Fifth Avenue, New York.
on the 26th ult., died on the 28th ult. He
was the senior member of the great publish
ing firm Of Harper Brothers, and was born in
Newtown, Long Island, in 1875.
An old woman of Franklin county, Virgi-
MIA, named KesiaL Smithers, died on the 2lst
of February last, at the advanced age of one
hundred and twenty-five. She is said to have
had a cross of Indian blood in her veins, and
was remarkably active even in her old age.
General Stoneman on Saturday issued an
order removing Governor Wells, of Virginia,
and assumed the duties of the Office himself
A large number of removals have recently
been made throughout the State.
The Senate has confirmed number OF
nominations, among others that of Moses H.
Grinnel for the Collectorship of the Port OF
New York, aud R. NJ Smith to be Collector
of Internal Revenue for the Third District OF
Maryland.
The Friends publishes statistics to show
that the Friends 10 Pennsylvania are decreas-
ing in numbers. Since 1880 but Eve meet
ngs have been established, while thirty seven
have been abandoned.
King George county has but two white per-
sons within its boundary who can take the
iron-clad oath, and one of these holds the Of
fee of Constable. How is its official positions
to be filed?
The question Of priestly celibacy has come
up once more in Naples, and the right of
priests to marry is now res adjudicata in It.
ally, outside the States of the Church.
The President has refused to grant an in
terview to Mrs. DR.. Mary Walker, who is ad-
dicted to male attire, unless she presents her
self in garb suitable to her sex.
Ex-President johnson will have the pleas
ure of reading an obituary notice of himself,
Of column in length, ii, the Chicago Tribune.
Wood is so scarce in France that they save
their sawdust, mix it with glue and press it
in moulds, making, it is said, very good imi-
tations of carved wood.
Connecticut has again lost its Oldest inhab-
liant. This time it. is Mrs. jeremiah Ladd,
and she was 108 years old.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02

@We have received the FIRST number of
The Mi,ror Of Typography. published quar-
tsrly by T. Il. Senior & Co., New York.
The publisher, wishing the Mirror visitor
in every printing Office, requests those print
ers who do not receive it to send on their full
names and address.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02

~Owing to the failure of our one-horse
mail, to Giymont, 70 reach the wharf in time
SOr ~, beat d Friday, tas NE learn from the
nail-carlisr 'hinselfj our paper, which goes
b1.Say of Washington, and xas due In Bry-
antown on Saturday. did not arrive there un-
I'll Monday last. .,..fe t..4-
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02
NOTICE..

r HEREBY forewarn all persons from. tres
| passing upon either of my farms in any way
whatever. The law will be rigidly enforced
against all offenders.
JOSEPH C. GRAY.
March 26. 1865
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02
TEMPERANCE MEETING.

TEMPERANCE MEETING.
TlHERE will be a meeting of the PORT To-
Court House, in Port T Tebaccu3 FRIDAY
NEXT, the 9th inst, at 3 O. clock, P. NJ. Sew
eral gentlemen have been invited and are ex-
pected to be present and address the meeting.
The public generally are invited to attend
Seats reserved for the ladies.
After the exercises are concluded an in
vitation will be extended to all who may wish
to sign the Pledge.
By order, H. G. ROBERTSON,
April 2, 1869. Rec. Secretary.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02

D@Onr agricultural readers are referred
to the advertisement of Mr.. Gustavus Ober.
An omission having occurred in the certificate
of Mr.. Drury, we particularly invite atten-
ton to it as corrected 10 this issue.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02
SHERlFF,S SALE.

SHERIFF'S SALE.
DY virtue Of writ OF 6eri faeiss issued ous
ID Of the Circuit Court for Cherries County
at the suit of F.. NJ. Lancaster, against tho
goods, chattles, lands and tenements Of Benja-
min A. Lancaster. and to me directed, j have
seized and taken in execution all the right
title, claim. interest and estate, at law and N
equity OF the said Benjamin A. Laneasier, in
and 10 the following property, to wit: One trsst
of Land, lying in Cobb Neck, Charles County,
known and called by the name Of Part Of VOL
lastin's Manor, containing two hundred. acres,
more or less. And thereby give notice, that
On Saturday. the 9Th day Of March. 1869,
in the afternoon, st the Court House door,. in
Port Tobacco. will offer for sale the said pro-
perty so seized and taken in execution. BY
public auction. to the highest bidder, for cash
WILLIAM M. NORRIS. Sheriff.
Feb. l2, 1869. feb 1881
The above sale is POSTPONED ux-
til TUESDAY, the 9th day of ApriJ
nect. -
WIN. NJ. NORRIS; Sheriff
NH l2-4w - r a - :
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02
PUBLIC SALE.

DY virtue of an order of the Orphans Court
y of Charles County, the undersigned will
sell at public sale, at the late residence of
Thomas Burke, deceased, near Newport,
On FRIDAY, the 10th day 0fApril,
(if fair, if not, the first fair day thereafter,
the personal property of the said deceased, con-
sisting of
Some Corn, Tobacco and
Hogs.
rs Terms-Cash.
B. L. HIGDoN, Admir-
March 26, ls6s-4t of Thos. Burke.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02
SCHOOL NOTICE.

TlHE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSION
l. ERS will meet in Port Tobacco,
On TUESDAY, the 9th OF April,
for the purpose of receiving Teachers Reports.
The Treasurer will be prepared to pay Teach
ers their Quarters Salary on SATURDAY, the
10th instant.
Teachers Association on Friday, 9th.
Candidates for the profession of Teachers
will be examined in presence of the Board
April 9Th.
By order of the Board,
GEORGE NJ. LLOYD,
March Is, 1869-tm Secretary.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02
SHERIFFS SALE.
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.

ADMINISTRATIONS NOTlCE,.a4
Orphans' Court OF Charles County. Seea
- March g, 1869.
ORDERED by the Court. that! EEwss u.
~ HAYDEN, Administrator Of uAidtt ~
HAYDEN. deceased. give the notice sequlEsd ~
law to the creditors of said James II. Hayden
to exhibit their cfa,rns, legally authenticated, by
advertisement published in some one newspaper
published in Charles County. Maryland; ense in
each of three successive weeks.
True copy,-Tests sGtf
- JOSEPH STEWARn4 Z
.s,. Reg. Wills for Chs. Co.
80 s.G-----Ay n
NOTICE. M 4H
THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE. That ths5ub-
i scriber has obtained from the Qfph41s'
Court of Charles County, Maryland, iettsEs
Of administration on the personal estate Of
J.aJuES E.. HAYDEN ma ,srsf
late of said county, deceased. All persons hav-
ing claims against said deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same. with the Eooebers
thereof legally authenticated, TO the subscrlbgr,
on or before the 26th day o. Septsin6ef he4t.
They may otherwise BY law be excluded 'ffe0 III
benefit of said deceased's estate. Gtten essAsr
my hand, this 26th day Of March. B69.au
LEWIS M HAYDEN, Admf
NH 26 Of james u HiydeSs
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02

A FRESH SUPPLY of Confectionery. GIN
"A ger Schnapps, Figs. Cocoa Nuts and Can
dies Of all kinds, for sale at LACEY'S.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02

No. IS West Pratt Street, Baltimore.
THIS is the most profitable variety now
l. cultivated, of excellent quality, very pro-
ductive and entirely free from disease. The
seed we offer were raised in Hartford county
and the yield was 400 bushels per acre.
Price, $l.5O per bushel, or 1925 per bag of
two bushels weighing l20 lbs, bag included.
March l9, 1869-3t
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02
ON ACRES OF LAND IN A BOD!
OOO NEAR ST. LOUIS. MISSOURI

wv NEAN d. LOUIo, MIOoOCnI:-
Also, between 700 and 800 front feet on differ
ent streets, in the city of st. Louis, which is
rapidly increasing in value. The above prop
erty will be exchanged for improved lands in
Charles or St. Mary's counties, Maryland, bor--
dering on navigable water. This land will
double in value in short time. Price $35, 900.
r. NJ. SMOOT, Real Estate Agent,
SIT 7th Street, Washington, D. c.
March 26 lS69-3t
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02

'NOBACCO-A prime lot of Smoking and
i Che wing Tobacco, and also choIce ar
tiele of Cigars, for sale at LACEY 3.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02

NEW CLOAKS.-Mrs. SHACkELEO EOnD
~ has just received a nice cheap iot - .stn-
ter Coaks. dec ID
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02

TUST RECEIVED and now in store lot of
d PLOUGHS aud CASTINGS. Also L.
ROPE. For sale at LACEYS.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1869-04-02

OFFICERS:
CLARENCE H. CLARK, Pr esident.
JAY COOKE, Chairman Finance and Execu.
tive Committee. -
HENRY D. COOKE, Vice President
EMERSON w. PEET, Secretary and Actuary.
The Van Buren press., 1869-03-09
COFFEE AND SUGAR.

NULL supplies of choice Rio Coffee ant
IL Louisiana sugar. .....
may g., DC. WILLIAMS CO.
The Van Buren press., 1869-03-09
Dsason $50 ny wife thoughts

.l----Ths Msssrs.a Jennings Of Easton, are
engaged IN the novel manufacture Of water
pals. and various other articles Of use out
Of paper their water pals made Of very
thick paste board Of the usual shape, and
seamless, the sides Of the pail being one
piece Of paper msde in arnold complete
and perfect; the bottom 10 put in afterwards
and the top and bottom strengthened by
brass or iron hands. The pail is then coat.
ed with some preparation and subjected to
three hundred degrees Of heat, after which
it Is impervious to water, and unaffected
By the heat OF summer. or the cold Of winter
These pals are very strong and light aud
orc said to be particularly priced as deck
pals on steamboats, as no ordinary usage
can break or injure them. and the sun can
not shrink them in summer as they stand
upon the decks exposed to its hot rays.
I'hey sss also recommended for the house.
hold end other uses, in short, as the best
kind Of pals for use in any place, being
equally cheap, and more enduring than Or
binary wooden pals.
The Van Buren press., 1869-03-09

When James r. Brady. the eele-
brated lawyer of New York, first opened q
lawyers office. be took basement room
which had been previously occupied by a
cobler. He was somewhat annoyed by the
previous occupants callers, and irritated by
the fac that he had few OF his own One
day an Irishman entered.
The COOLERS gone, | see" he said.
II should think he had" tartly respond
ed Brady y 8N~9 u 3tte 9 9
"And what do You sell :" he inquired,
looking at the solitary table and few law
"Blockheads, responded Brady,
BE gorta," said the Irishmsn, Eye
must Be doing mighty fine busincss--ye
hsin't got but one LETT asa -a"
The Van Buren press., 1869-03-09

a-A boy was sent from Groton to
New London. Conn, one day las, summer.
with . bag OF green corn for sale. he was
gone oil day and returned with the bag IN.
opened which he dumped on The floor. say
ing = There is Jour corn, go and sell il
yourself-I can't I've been all over New
London with it aud nobody said anything
about green corn. Two or three fellows
asked me what ] had in tha, bag and ! told
them it was none 81 their business" This
remindsm e otccrtain business men. to be
found in any community, who do not or
will not recognize the benefit Of advertising
their business.
The Van Buren press., 1869-03-09

, =. A borrowed tool, IL broken. should
- ssplassd by new one. A nice sense OF
honor 10 such matters is much to BE- com.
Ynt6U6A. x&ssaA af1x AZ sa
The Van Buren press., 1869-03-09

-
'svth INA TWIN. a'l'
In form and features. face and limb,
grew 80 like my brother.
Tina, felix. got taxing ME for him,
And each one for the other.
/, puzzled all our kith an Kin
i, rcachsds fearful pitch.
For on. OF us was born twin.
And not soul knew which.
One DAY TO make the matter worse,l
Before our names were fixed,
As We were being washed by nurse,
We got completely mixed;
And thus you see by fate's Decree
Or rather nurses whim,-
Ny brother John got christcned me,
And 80; ehristened him.
This fatal likeness even logged
NY footsteps when At school.
And / was always getting floggej.
For John turned out fool.
Iput this que ton fruitlcssly
"a 10 every one that knew;
"What would you do II you were me.
To prove that were your"
Our close resemblance turned the tide
or our domestic life,
For, somehow. my Intended bride
Became my brothers wife
In fact. year after year. the same
49, Absurd mistakes went ON,
And when died the neighbors came
- And buried brother John.
The Van Buren press., 1869-03-09

49," Patrick. you fool. what makes
~ Stals sftsr that rabbit. when your gun
be- % lock On Il p Hush Z hush my
tsrlih, ths rabbit don't know that w
The Van Buren press., 1869-03-09
The following conversation i,

The following conversation is re-
ported hslwesn two ircvennt little boys
in the streets Of Portland, Maine "John-
ny. do you see that game looking old cock
going. along there ?" lyon bet-who is
hSe" "That's Pitt Fessenden." "Who
is he r. Hes the man that kept EN-
from hanging the President. Ben Butler
and HE fsllsrs were going to string Andy
johnson right up in the capitol when FEES.
sender pulled out Wig butcher knife and
swors they shouldn't do It unless they walk.
ID through him. So they quite T. 'i
The Van Buren press., 1869-03-09

aTAktxe 4 Shower BATH - D octor-
Well. how did your wife manage her show
es.bath. deacon Z ss.s sgta ~ ?
Deacon-She had real good luck. Mad.
AIN Moody told her how she managed. She
had q large oiled-sik esp, with cape to it.
like tishermaa's, that came all over her
shoulders and head.
Doctor--She's sfool for her pains That's
not the way. -
Dsason SO my wife thoughts
Doctor--Your wife did nothing OF the
sort, hope? , .
Deacon@-Uh, 10; she used an umbrilly.
tsaa6tHas Ca - .E - ar kttH 20
The Van Buren press., 1869-03-09

Coop ApvIcr--At the recent marriage
Of . daughter Of Joseph Ioslin, Esq. Of
Poultney. VT. the following advice was
handed to the bride by her father, accom-
psniei by many greenbscks. We recon
mend its prsyeriul perusal and remem-
brsnce by newly married couples. They
are truly "worls OF wisdom. and desev.
ing TO be framed in every household in the
land
j. Never talk al, but 10 each other.
2 Never both manifest anger 1.-THE same
time. a.
s. Never speak loud or bOisierously to
each other.
l. Never repr0vc each other in the pres
snce Of others.
5. Never fiud fault or ire. about VIVA.
cannot be helped. Il essasa.f .
6. Never find faul, or fret about what
esa be helped. Il aa vr
- Never repeat any order. or request,
when understood. 'ea i'ai .'A "1i
5. Neglect everybody else rather than
each other asra te1
Q. Never make remark at the others
expense.
10. Love the Lord and serve Him faith
fully all the days Of thy life. o7 80
The Van Buren press., 1869-03-09

Having associated myself with Wholesale
Stove and Tin Ware establishment IN Saint
Louis, for the sale Of Stoves and Tin Ware,
can always furnish everything in this line at
st. Louis wholesale prices with the freight
AIDED To merchants dealing in the above, a
liberal discount will be made of the above
prices. Very Respectfully,
N. r. CORNELIUS.
The Van Buren press., 1869-03-09

"A LootcAL ARoUMESr.--A levo,ee Of
baochus WAS overheard the ,thcr night thus
addrcssing his hat, which had fallen from
bis head I VIII pick you up. fall Il !
fall you viii not pick me up; then leave
ysu;" snd he staggered proud away.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-02
The Political situation In Georgia.


Col John W. Forney, who has been in
attendance upon the Georgia State Fair and
has had an opportunity of mingling with
people from all parts of the State, writes to
the Philadelphia Press as follows in refer
enee to the political situation =
Both parties in Georgia concede that the
State cannot be restored without ratifying
the Fifteenth Amendment, and believe the
Legislature will confirm 1t at an early day.
That Congress will be guided by the advice
Of Governor Bullock, sustained as he is by
General Terry, hope and believe. There
is an Executive Of Georgia, but no civil gov
eminent. There is no school system such
as there ought TO be, no militia, no lust
election laws. These can only come through
a Legislature in harmony with Gov. Bullock.
lie has three years to serve from this month,
and it would be simple madness to expect
him to reconstruct the State with Legisla-
ure that expelled the duly chosen coIored
men.-Let Congress take up the subject at
an early day in December, on the basis of
the report of the judiciary Committee of the
Senate, and dispose of it, and in one wear
Georgia will have a system of laws that
will secure the rights Of all. The hostility
to Governor Bullock is intense among the
politicians, but it was easy to see that he is
exactly the man for the crisis. Fifteen years
a resident Of Georgia, he knows her inter
ests and her people. He has administered
the affairs of the State with great integrity.
No faint of corruption can attach to his
name. His appointments to the superior
courts have given Georgia u judiciary of I'M
challenged excellence. What he needs now
is the power to complete his Republican
administration. That secured TO him BY
Congress, he will have party at his lack
that will soon be increased by the votes and
the voices Of all the men of Georgia, who
admit that their welfare depends, not SO
much upon particular organization, as
upoa stable, settled and harmonious GOV
L ern nnnl.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-02
CURRENT NOTE :.

The ouly daily paper in Maryland, outside of
Baltimore, is the Republican, md ldre,tiser, just
established at Frederick.
--Jcif. Davis will write a history Of the war
debating ii TO a shorthand reporter.
Steamers 10 navigate the Sutz Canal are
building in England, for the purpose of carrying
cotton from India to Liverpool at low rates.
President Grant aud Mr.. Seward are to re-
c5ve rings made of The last spike" Of the
Pacific Railroad
washington is about to resume its periodical
importance, ms the centre Of the most important
news.
- Ben Wood, Of New York objects Ia paying
the s.. tax on his lotteries, amounting to s1iO,-
mo But Mr.. Delapo insists upon it, and we
anticipate brother Ben will have to come down
A man 10 Cincinnati, advelllses for n stua,
ton Work not 10 much an object as good
wages
Young Gordon Bennett, aud Senator Chand-
Ter, arrived Al New York, yesterday, from En-
rope.
II il now said thai wlun the carliii giaHt Is
aonr ii night, hD removes his right hard from
It's customary position, and placing the thumb on
The end Of his rose, yibrates his fingers in the
air.
Vincent Collyer says that the Islands of st.
Paul and St. George alone are worth the price
paid for Alaska.
A Paris correspondent who met John z. Hale
at Minister Wpshburn's reception, says the cx-
Minister To Spain appears very much broken by
years and work. He is but the shadow of his
former self III physical appearance but still re-
tans his hnrahr and spirit.