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WORTHY OF OoNsIDERAT1oN.-Ihe Hln-
chester Times, in speaking OF objections
which have been, raised against the letter
Of the Virginia committee tor Congress- 'e-
marks IRA 20 TaTTELU9Ft? ua'., >
The ehief-obiection seems to he,to me De
first paragraph OF section two OF the DIN
.nronosed by the committee. which reads
that Uthe constitution of said State snsll
never be 90 amended or changed 90 20 ue-
prive any citizen or class Of citize9s OF 'n ne
United States Of, the right 70 vote, e1c..sz
II there was any power In, Congress, OF
in a committee, or in the people OF q state,
TO hind a succeeding or even, the present
generation nv an irrevocable law, the 90
lection would he well taken : but az no sacn
mower exists. the words used amount 70 no
thing more than the expression OF present
nurnose honestly entertained by the parties
to the predicting. - ,,-st -ts... -.
The sovereign power Of . State is as great
at one period as another, and cannot pe al, !,
vested. The present "powers that De =
NAV leave Ius n1pice, but not cor,nGnds.
and the attempt OF Messrs. Sumner and
others to hind succeeding generations is as
absurd as Sydney Smith said it was 1or .ne
Legislators of his day to make " lrreVocaole
laws for men who would toss their remains
about with spades, and use the relics Of Of
those legislators to give breadth to brooch
and to aid the vernal eruption OF aspa-
ragus." adi l-as,a 2lt3EL 9a1 10 -: -.
Our Conservative contemporaries who
oppose the new movement must aoknoW-
ledge that the /" committee Of nine" have
adone the State some service" =, if in nothing
else, at least in this that they have e1-
posed before Congress and the whole. coun,
try the fraud, aknavery, and corruption, OF
the rapacious adyenturers who have invaded
Virginia for the purpose Of Selling upon the
offices and revenues Of the State ven
chester Times. f9z .,.--.--- = ga} Eai1Ia'15sa
The Charlottesville Chronicle rpronounces
the virginia committees mission q failure,
and "goes back on the nine.q9 a-1sa Cd
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DIED,

On the night Of the 27th instant Of consumption,
MONROE B. WELLS, aged fifty one years.
His friends are requested to attend his funeral
from the First Presbyterian church tI,r. halrdl
THIS friday EVENING at seo'clock, without
further notice. .E E.--s.ar.E as. % 1000 y
! petersburg papers please copy. .,....-s =.
In Baltimore, on Tuesday morning, January
2sth. SARAH LEMON, daughter of the late Rev.
James w. and Jane Cottrell, In the tWenty-tnrd
year Of her age. -...s....s- E-sa. F.a.#
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A CONNECTICUT YANKEE CApGH1.1.n - 20 :,
l.,an Committee. .s on, Wednesday. says q
lWa Wa him Telegram , in the Alexsndria
/ aasss.e sbe laid great stress upon the fact
+hss +bs peorie Of Virginia we're In favor
Of !. White mans government, and was
a,m,nusingly non-plussedh when j Mr. BECK
nsively Observation-Disclosures laws Of hts
state--remsrhing that he understood he
came from Connecticut-were not as rigor-
GUS in the exclusion Of negroes from Office
90 any lswsi in existence IN Virginia, ,sr,s
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"No State shall make or enforce any law
which shali abrdre or deny to any male cti-
zen Of the United States of sound mind, and
over twenty. one years of age. the equal exer-
else Of the elective franchise Mt all elections in
the State wherein he shall have actually re-
sided for period of one year next preceding
such election, except such of said citizens as
shall hereafter engage in rebellion or insur.
rection, or who may have been or shall he
duly convicted of treason or other crime of the
grade OF felony at common law" w~--@
The ratification Of this amendment would
make voters of all those disfranchised by
the BAYNE constitution, but would not rem
der them eligible to Office. Mr.. BINGHAM
can surely do better than this. Ta~
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-29

UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE AND UNIVERSAL
AMNEsTY.-The nearest approach to this
platform which any prominent congress
man has yet made was made by Mr.. BING-
HAM, of Ohio, on Wednesday, when he
offered the following as an amendment of
the Federal Constitution to be submitted by
Congress for the action of the State Legis-
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ass aa@ WHOLESALE PRICES: s
superior SODA CRACKERS, loo. per pound.
Superior BUTTER CRACKERS, loo. per pound.
superior OYSTER CRACKERS, lOc, per pound.
Superior WATER CRACKERS, &C. Per pound.
Superior ARROWROOTs CRACKERS, l4c. per
pound. .h 5t- 6s 80. .., - -
Superior CREAM CRACKERS, lac. per pound.
Superior SUGAR CRACKERS, 14c. per pound.
Superior LEMON CRACKERS, lac. per pound.
Superior SPICENUTS. lsc. per pound.
Superior MOLASSES CAKES, Soc. per 100.
Superior SUGAR CAKES, Soc. per 100. jazz
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VIRGINIA TEA AND COFFEE COMPANY.
- 80, CoRSEn OF ..r -... $50. t-rrsr-
~ m MAIN AND NINTH STREETS. q ;.
IA aa1 as1g
THE LYNCHBURG VIRGIN1AN, now W

THE LYNCHBURG VIRGINIAN, now
l. in the sixty second year or It's existence, Is
one of the Oldest and most widely known journals
In the tonth. Published In the central portion of
Virginia. It has larger circulation In the rich
Virginia than any other newspaper. It's extensive
circulation and patronage are not the work OF 3
day, but the result Of many years. labor Il IS an
established institution and being heartily as well
as prominently identified with. the commercial,
agricultural mining, and manufacturing interests
of the stGte, 1t appeals confidently TO Ytrgnians
81 Accurate reports Of the arkets q regular TO-
reign correspondence daily kilograms froin all
parts Of the world tudicions selections for the
family, with news and miscellany, make 1t st once
u useful and readable journal
Advertisers will consult their interests by ava
Ing themselves OF Its columns fer1- aTgi AZ
TERMS subscription price Of Daily virginian,
81 per annnm; TrI-W eekly,1 e5 per annum. :" :
j. 70 Editor and Proprietor. y
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The osrpet-bag members Of Congress
from Georgia will probably lose their seats
before long. The Reconstruction Commit
tee will doubtless report that they have no
business in the House. But how is the
Government to recover the money which
hos been paid to these vagsbond con-
gressmen2 Georgia has committed the
offence, objectionable in Radical eyes, of
excluding negroes from the halls of her
Legislature !; and the carpet-baggers and
scalawags must take up their carpet-baga
and walk. We shall be pleased to learn
that they haven't money enough to pay
their way back to Georgia. No doubt some
Of them will 60 home instead Of to that
State sefH y
And now Georgia .is to be reconstructed
over again. Was there ever such farce
as Congress makes Of this matter of re,
construction ~gGJN @ESE'T43EH
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|. re- ANDREW PIZZINI. 81 co. beg leave to
inform their friends that they will open branch
establishment at the corner Of Main and Third
streets, No. 900, this day, and will be pleased to
serve them with
CONTEMPORARIES, CREAMS, JELLIEs,
CAKES, &C., &C.
They will Keep this store stocked with the best
and freshest goods, and promise that ali orders
win be as promptly and faithfully attended to as
ut their establishment on Broad street
F A FULL ASSORTMENT OF TOYS AND
CONNECTIONS always to be found.
Mr.. R. L. Winston will have charge Of the es-
tablishment with assistants, and will be aided
at times with one Of the firm oftaFbaa%
|. ia 2s-lw ANDREW P!LLtNl u W.
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-::-- GREAT CoNsTEENxTToFE
Gr0NEaEF
ulPPILY, NO LIVES LOST.

The s.orm,nssos IEs9 BRorgERs' store to
...,,.,o CHEAP DRY GOODS caused grea.
condemnation, many thinking that with such
rnss the supplies would give out; s5us shev had =
n,ov,ded for such contingencies and supplied Ill
~ r,.,.ed theft store; and having received fur
they supplies by steamers on Saturday, Monaa, ",
and too.dsy, they can furnish cheap goods 70 all
who favor them with eair
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.,...... DIRECTORS:
General JOHN A. DIX;
w. wrLKENs, Of Wilkens & Co.
GEORGE T. HOPE, President Continental Fire I,-
surance Company;
/ Hon. JAMES HARPER, OF Harper Brothers:
JOHN ]. CRANE, President Bank OF Republic.
W. NJ. VERMILYE. Of Vermilye Co.. banker.
Hon. GEORGE OPDYKE, ex-Mayor Of New York
AARON ARNOLD, Of Arnold, Constable & Co.
and others. ---..-.-
General A gents for Virginia, North Carolina, and
! Tennessee.
. DR.. j. G. CABELL, Medical Examiner. ns
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DESIGNATED GOLDFISH saves time and money.
DEsICCA rED GOLDFISH, saves time and money.
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DEsICCATED CoCOA-NUT, saves time and
labor. -a r.1f .--'
DESIGNATED CoCoA-NUT, saves time and
labor. ~-F s.. -; -2- #~l--2
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Eg BRIGGS'S BAKERY.
DOWN WITH THE PRICES.
Mun1.RsA1.E PRICES

. w ,@ LET THEM RIP. y.
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.e COFFEE, COFFEE, COFFEE.
COFFEE ROASTED AND GROUND DAILY.
~ GREEN COFFEE, 20. rs, %, SO, asc.
ire ROASTED, IS, %, 30. 49, Ioc. .-...- /.
ay 81. GROUND, Is, %. 90, IS, 4oc. -. 4,
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GUARDIAN MUTUAL s<.aag
~ LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK.
o.'~ ',' ORGANIZED In 1853.
m ALL, POLICIES NoN-FORFEITAgLy
had 1g HALF LOAN GIVEN.

W. n. PECKHAM, President
II. V. GAHA6AE, secretary:
l.. hCADAM, Actuary;
g. a. FUDICkAR, Superintendent,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-04-30

The bar and the public have been treated
to a rare sensation by the veritable appear
ance in roropria persona, in the United States
Circuit Court, of the defendant in the case oil
Kimberly Bros. rs. B. F. Butler. The sui,
was brought in the Superior Court to recover
money exacted by the defendant under mil
itary order, and was removed to the United
States Court under the act of Congress. Al
though Chief Justice Chase fully sustained
Judge Dobbin's opinion. that the plea of pri-
vilege as a member of Congress redeundo did
not protect the defendant from service of pro-
cess in transit through Baltimore, yet the
plaintiffs having tripped in their pleadings,
the case was continued at their COST It is
not worth while to follow the willy criminal
lawyer of Lowell into Court with any case
which is not ffre-proof or burglar-proof, or,
like the 'lawful fence" laid down in the charge
of North Carolina Judge, "horse-high, bull
strong, and pig-tight," We commend to the
plaintiffs and their counsel the following sage
remark of Fielding, to be found in the fifth
chapter and eighteenth book of Tom Jones':
"The vulgar observation that the devil often
deserts his friends and leaves them in the
lurch, hold to be great abuse on that gen.
tleman's character. Perhaps he may some
times desert those who are only his cup &C
quaihtances, or who. at most, are but half
bis; but be generally stands by those, who
are thoroughly his servants, and helps them
off in. all extremities till their bargain ex-
pires. "-&dtesman.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-04-30
The Railroad Battle.
By request we copy the following from the
St. Mary's Beacon of last week:

By request we copy the following from the
St. Mary's Beacon of last week:
There are certain proprieties that attach to
official station, especially to elevated execu-
tive station, the strict observance of which all
should desire to see enforced. The Governor
of State, for instance, should dispense his
influence and favors, as between friends, with
even temper and impartial hand, and, during
his official life should refrain at least from all
incorporate intermedling with controversies
clearly outside the limits of his executive du-
ties. Though personally interested in the
welfare of a particular corporation, he should
not descend from his high place aud enter the
arena of conflict, as an athlete, to right the
wrongs, real or imaginary, of such corpora
ton. Above all, if descend and fight he
must, he should not be allowed without re-
buke to betray violence of tone and temper
in discussion that would reflect discredit upon
a private citizen. These platitudes have been
suggested by recent letter Of Gov. Bowie to
Hon. Barnes Compton on the subject of the
distribution of the Charles County Internal
Improvement Fund. Whatever the merits
of the issue between the Potomac and Point
Lookout Railroads. Gov. B vie should have
left these corporations to fight their own bat
ties. Though President of the former, he is
the Executive of the State, and the plainesl
proprieties of his high place should have
taught him that he could not descend to the
bitter, aggressive partizanship his letter devel'
ops without manifest unftneSs and indelicacy
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-04-30
H@- The journal lately started in New York

H6- The journal lately startedin New York
to advocate Imperialism boasts OF its success.
It has, it says, circulation of ten thousand
copies How true this may be, and what it
signifies, we will not stop to inquire. There
are signs of despotism 10 our country more
portentous than the success of the new pa
per, if it be as great as it is boosted. We do
not think, indeed, that it is in the power OF
any advocate, "charm be ever so wisely" to
attract the American people to despotism, as
thing in itself desirable. If it be accepted
in our country, it will be as choice of evils.
We need not illustrate this from the position
Of many Southern communities during and
since the war. Any one man, not wholly
destitute Of feeling, is better master, than a
mob of tyrants; the one tyrant, like the ana
conda, may be at least gorged upon what
would only wet the appetite of whole pack
of wolves. The question, indeed, has ceased
to be speculative, when, in the American
Congress, men sadly give the preference to a
despotism, and formally vote to establish it.
Mr.. Brooks, of New York, in advocating the
passage Of the last act to regulate the affairs
Of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, said -
"When am compelled, as here, to choose, l
prefer the despotism of one to the tyranny of
the many in this House." This is not the
sentiment of an advocate of despotc govern
ment. MOI Mr.. Brooks has been it's earn
est opponent. But. as choice of evils, be
prefers the despotism, even of the man whose
elevation to power he opposed, and from
whom he expects, to himself and his party,
neither favor nor benefit This is the phase
Of the question, which is peculiar to our time
and country. It is as if Cicero, not the le-
gions of Caesar, had hailed him as Emperor.
But, in the general Encouragement Of the
times, it is for the press, while it has free
voice, to maintain the principles on which
our government is founded. The will of the
people, TIE only true source of power; the
consent of the governed, the only just sane
ton of the government, are the axioms of
American political science. Oftheir ultimate
predominance let no man despair. The fit
full changes in the policy of Radicalsm indi-
cate, as plainly as anything can, the imprac-
ticability of its schemes. What is impossi-
BILE will not be achieved-that is safe pro-
position in physics and politics. If, as all
history teaches, God and Nature have fixed
the relation of the negro to the white man, it
is not in the power of legislation to perma-
nently change it, The Radical Legislatures
in the North are fastening, just now, as a
matter Of party policy, to put the discrimi-
nation against the negro off the face of tie
statute book; and yet, according to the T,i-
bune, it is so strongly rooted in the minds and
manners Of the people, that a wealthy negro
family could not fud lodging in any good
hotel in New York! Indeed, it is now about
twenty-five hundred years since Hsop relat-
ed the success of an attempt to wash the
blackamoor white.-Statesnaan.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-04-30
The Delaware Peach Crop.

From the best information that can be OBJ
tanned, we learn that there will be about one
fourth of crop of peaches in and about Sea-
ford, Laurel, and below those points along
the line of the railroad. In the vicinity OF
Dover, from present indications, a full crop is
expected, and for Kent county three-fonth'
of full crop. About Smyrna, Townsend
aud Middletown the crop promises to be a
bundant. All calculations in regard to this
crop, however, are based upon the presum p
ton of favorable weather. The crop is not
free from danger yet, and may be entirely
killed by frosts in May, as has been the case
heretofore Del0u0rean.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-04-30
Greeley on Chandler.

The New York Tribune expresses its cut.
ter dissent" from the wild proposition of the
Michigan Senator Chandler, that our newly
appointed Minister 60 to London with de.
N and in the ona Annd- -a-ih-aat-in-th1
other:
1--WE do not believe that the proper spirit
in which to conduct this negotiation is one OF
buster or threatening. We do not believe
that it is desirable to approach an ancient EN-.
pire, as proud as she is still powerful, with
the notice that she must settle promptly, on
our terms, in thirty days, or fight for her pos
sessions, which we are quite capable of TAX
ing, in thirty more, with the volunteers from
a single one Of our States.
"Neither the new administration nor the
new Minister will forget that, after all, the
English are of the same blood with ourselves,
and that, because they are, they must not be
bullied. We all know that Great Britain is
too proud nation to be coerced by unworthy
fears. Let us not forget that the United
States is too great nation to fail in securing
justice, and too absolutely assured of her pow
er to secure it, to be guilty of the buster and
bravado which characterize only the weak"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-04-30

Robert II. Randolph, who was dismissed
from the Navy by General Jackson, and who
pulled the Generals nose in consequence,
while on a steamboat at Alexandra, (believ-
ing be had been unjnstly dismissed,) died iu
Washington city on Tuesday last, at the age
of seventy-eight years. Randolph escaped
arrest at the time by gettiog beyond the ju-
risdiction Of the county police before process
could be issued. The affair created quite a
tempest, the triumphant Jackson party feel
ing that its own nose bad been twisted by
this audacious descendant of Pocahontas.-
General Van Ness. then Mayor of Washing
ton, sent a message to the Councils on the
event, and the Boards responded in resolu-
ton of coincidence and indignation.
Randolph was fugitive for a couple Of
years. The act MANNED his prospects, and
he lived and died in poverty. He was a
cousin to John Randolph, and leaves wife
and three daughters aud one son. Floyd
gave him the superintendent of the Wash
ington Armory, when he was Secretary of
War, but Buchanan ordered his dismissal
Randolph was a lieutenant 10 the Navy when
dismissed, and had done good service under
Decatur. He was said to be high-spirited,
intrepid man.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-04-30
MARRIED..

In this village, On the 9th instant, by the
Rev. F. McATrEE, Mr.. THOMAS T. OWENS
and Miss MARY r. O. WELCH-both of this
place.
On the 10th inst, by the Rev. F. McArrBE,
Mr.. BENJAMIN F. BURCH and Miss MARY j
W1LLS-al of Charles county.
On the 22d instant, by the same, Mr.. B. L
HIGDON and Miss SALLIE C. MILES, of this
county.
On the 9th inst, by the Rev. Mr.. JORDAN,
Mr.. J. THOS. HIGDON and Miss F. NJ. GAR.
DINER, of this county.
On Thursday, the 9Th instant, at the Church
of the Holy Rosary, by the Rev. Mr.. MAHER,
JEREMIAH T. MUDD, Esq, of Charles coun-
ty and vIRGINIA second &c nd daughter Of the
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-04-30

The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad.
The ordinance granting certain privileges
70 tho Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Com
pany In the construction Of their road through
the north western section of the city of Balti-
more came up IS the special order 10 the first
branch of the City Council on Wednesday
last. Mr.. Pagels stated that number of
ia Aa 'AEq Y bss zh ase
sised to have hearing before the committee
81 the same, before the matter was taken up
for fnal consideration by the Council, and
Mr.: PSgels moved that the subject be post
poued until Wednesday next. ! i
Mr.. Escavilie moved that the subject be
made the order Of the day on Monday next,
at 81 o'clock, instead of Wednesday.
Mr.. Carter was not opposed to giving SUI
dcient time for the consideration of the mat
Ter, but as the communication of Governor
Bowie, President of the road, in reference to
determining the route had beon presented a.
bout three weeks ago, and committee ap-
pointed, he thought ample time had already
ben given. ..
The motion of Mr.. Escavaille to postpone
until Monday was then concurred in.-Sun.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-04-30

11O AASU1oWA u EEVV3.0AS - A0s
TIE Board Of County Commissioners; met
90 Tuesday last, the 9th instant, aud after
he transaction Of the regular business of the
nesting, the Internal Improvement Fund
matter WAS taken up and the following reso-
lutious were offered aud adopted by vote Of
shses for.-Nessrs. Neals, Robey and: San
dsn.-and two aeainst-Messn. Mcpherson
and Dent: ~.
Resolved, As condition when we appropri-
ate the Internal Improvement Fund from the
State to Charles County, to the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad Company, we do exact that
IL be upon the basis of the resolutions adopted
By the primary meeting Of District No. l, sub
Hitted in convention of the people at its first
session.
kssolued, That the Chair appoint three Com
missioners, together with the Attorney of the
Board, to meet the Board of Directors of the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company in
Baltimore, with full powers to contract with
the said company upon the above conditions.
Rssolved, That the Hon. F. Stone be request
ID to act in conjunction with the above Com
missioners, that they may have the benefit OF
his counsel and legal abilities.
The Chair then designated the following
gentlemen: Messrs. John w. Mitchell, Sam
'uel Cox, William Boswell, and Vivian Brent,
ESD, the Attorney of the Board, as Commits
aiouers for the purposes above indicated.
2 We republish, for the benefit Of our readers,
che resolution of District No. l. which, it
will be seen, prescribes the conditions upon
which the money is to be appropriated:
Re.olved, That the delegates from the Port
Tobacco district (No. y, to the Convention to
meet in Port Tobacco on 9th inst, be and they
are hereby instructed to present, as the sense
Of this meeting, the following propositions :
That the whole amount of the Internal Inn
provement Fund, apportioned to Charles coun-
", be pledged to the Baltimore and Potomac
Rail Road Company, upon the following con-
ditions: That as soon as one-half of the road is
graded from the Charles county line to the Po-
tomac river, then one-fourth of the amount
cay, $40, 750-shall be subscribed; and when
the balance of the road is graded to the river
the second instalment- $43, 750-shall be
subscribed; and when one-fourth of the rails
ehall be laid, then another fourth shall be sub
ocribed; and when one-half the rails from the
Charles county line to the river) shall be laid,
then the balance of the amount shall be sub
scribed; and that the route shall be left to the
discretion of the Board of Directors of the said
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad provided,
that the work on said road shall be commenced
forthwith and prosecuted to speedy conclu-
sion,