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cracks under the direction Of individual

cracks under the direction Of individual
charlatans who, each in his own way
and for his own interests, seeks to guide
and control it, Hence it is that, in
stead of having benehcent general laws
adapted to the needs and interests of
the whole country, our national legisla'
ton is local, sectional, narrow, confused
and inefficient. Tn the South the needs
of party determine the spirit, aud shape
the forms Of laws Freedom is decreed
to the slave, but the bayopet is the
grand arbiter in civil affairs. In the
North aud Middle States, this legisla-
ton exhausts its power 10 framing laws
in the interests of corporate and stock.
jobbing capitalists. In the West this
same legislation is employed to lavish
the public domain on mammoth corpo.
ratious, owned and ruled by spectators
and corrupt officials.
Separated geographically as these
varied interests are, they have, never
theless, common bond, which unitos
them in common purpose-to plumber
the public treasury, to enrich loyal par.
tisans and perpetuate the power of the
dominant party. To accomplish this
purpose the Union is practically dis
solved, inasmuch us three Of the States
are still denied representation in Con
gress; the white freemeu, in some o.
the States, are subjected to the rule O
a brutal and semi.savage race who arr
backed by the bayonet OF militar,
government; and the whole country
is paralyzed in its commerce, unsettled
in its industrial bases, and crushed b.
the weight Of the worst and heavies
system oftaxation that ever transformed
a nation of freemen into q nation o
political slaves.
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Messrs. Editors IL see mentioned
in different papers no less than seventy
six Fairs, Exhibitions and Expositions
for 1870, which will cost a vast amount
Of labor and money to prepare them to
do the good they are designed to nc.
complish; aud yet as far as | have been
able to ascertain by reading and diligent
inquiry, | have not been successful in
finding Que out OF all this number that
has made any arrangement for finding
oat one of the most important matters
connected with every day life and com.
fort | aliu1e to the fact that no Fair
Exhibition OF Expose, State, National
or International, that | have ever heard
of, has made the necessary arrange
ments to lest by actual experiments,
what is the greatest quantity of heated
air that can be furnished from certain
fixed quantities Of Fuel, and having
aseertaiucd the fact, to let the public
through them know what contrlyanco
wlllmo eifectually accomplish thatend
L have no doubt that II the Fairs or
Exhibitions Ct 1871, will take this mat.
ter in hand, and let it be known that
they will make the necessary arrange.
mcnts for the purpose, and offer lib.
eral premium Tor the cheapest conriv.
ance that will yield the most heated air
for warming aud drying purposes, that
it will be satisfactorily ascertaioed that
one-half the fuel now used will be amp
ly sufficient to give vastly more comfort
than is now enjoyed by the masses, the
poor, aud especially the Widows aud
Orphans. Let them do this iairly and
honestly, and with II comparatively small
out lay, they will benefit the community
more than all the magnificent donation,
Of our renowned and beloved Peabody.
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The recent heavy fall of rain has
caused great foods in the James, Poto-
mac, Rivanna and Susquchanna rivers
and Chesapeake and Ohio canals. News
by telegraph and mail, gives full aud
graphic account of the loss Of life and
property occasioned by the freshcts =
At Lynehburg the loss by the rising of
the james river is estimated at $780,
600. The Grange and Alexandria and
the Southside Railroads each suffer TO
the extent Of half a million. Manu-.
factories, residences and other buildings
along the rivers were swept away and
carried down the flood. Several per.
sons in the vicinity of Richmond were
drowned, and the lower portion of the
city is surrounded with water, AT
Washington and Georgetown the Poto.
mac overfowed its banks and swept
away portion of the Long Bridge
Reports concerning the result on the
line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
are meagre, but sufficient to show great
damage has been done. At Harper's
Ferry it is said that over forty lives
have been lost by drowning. The canal
and railroads have been washed to a
considerable extent.
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BALTIMORE MARKETS.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, n
Dnfnhnr 4 1870

Beef Cdtile-The offerings at the Scales
during the past week amounted 10 1858 head.
The prices ranged rs follows; Old Cows and
Scalawags, at jOaS4 90; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows jOaS4 %; fair quail.
iiy BeeveS . O0aS5 %; and the very best
Beevcs at 25aS7 % per 100 lbs the aver
age price being about So gross.
Sheep.-I'air TO good wool Sheep at IA
q cts, per pound gross,
Hogs, Prices ranged as follows: fair To
good fat Hogs Il 2jaSl2 80 per 100 lbs
net.
Lediher-City Slaughter ~ to 43 cents
Rough Skirting 3il to 50 cents; Spanish Sole
81 to 80 cents Country Slaughtered 30 to
IS cents.
Hides, City Steer ut II! ITO II cts Cow
l0l to II cents.
Fcatiers-Quote ut 40 to So cents per h.
for common to prime live geese.
Wool Common uuwashcd free of burrs,
SOa3l cents; do. bury, 2ja2o cents; fine
unwaShed, 2ja27 cents; do. free Of burrs,
2ja27 cents; tub washed, l3al5 cents; pulled
2sa33 cents.
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GENERAL ELECTION NOTICE,

NOTICE is hereby given to the qualified
~ voters OF Carroll county, Maryland,
that an Election for one person to represent
the 4th Congressional District Of the State
OF Maryland, in the Congresyiof the United
States, will be he held ia the several Elec.
ton Districts of Carroll county, at the usual
places of holding Elections in said Districts.
on TUESDAY, THE Sth DAY oP NOVEMBER,
1870, between the hours of 0 o'clock, A. N.
and q o'clock, p. N.
hereby call especial attention to the fol-
lowing Sections Of the Code Of Public Gen.
eral Laws:
1t shall not be lawful for the keeper of
any hotel, tavern, store, drinking establish.
ment or any other place where liquors are
sold, or Tor any persons, directly or indi
rectly, TO sell, barter, give away, or any
way dispose Of spirituous or fermentet-li
quors, ale or beer, intoxicating drinks of any
kind, on the day of any election hereafter
to be held in the several counties of the
State.
Any person violating the provisions Of
tnis act shall be liable to indictment by the
Grand Jury of the county where the offence
is committed, and shall upon conviction
before any Judge of any of the Circuit
Courts Of this State, be fined sum not less
than fifty dollars, nor more than one hun
dred dollars, for each and every ofience
one half Of the fine shall be paid the in.
former, the other half to the County Com.
mlssloners for the use Of public roads.
JOHN TRACEY,
oct 6-te Sheriff.
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PUBLIC SALE
or
A Valuable Farm,

VENllE undersigned, by virtue of n Decd II
H Trust made by the heirs nj law of ,Iob,,
Orendorf, deceased, for their benefit. da,aJ
September 18th, 1869, and recorded in H.
Land Records of Carroll county. in Iiboy
j. Il. b., No. 81, folio 467, &c, will az.
OF Public Sale, to the highest bidder, on lSs
premises, on
Saturday, The 22d day Of October, 1870
Mt o clock, p. ~, Farm situate in No,
District, Carroll county, Md, on the nyhl.
road leading from the stone road ~ Nv
turnpipe road leading from Westminstor ~
Littlestown, adjoins lands of Freder;cL !
Yingling, Jacob A. Humbert and otbo..
and is situate about midway between ~,
Union Mills and Grofi7a (now Dudrow'o
Mill This farm contains
III Acres, 3 Roods and II
Perches of Land, more or less
at least 80 Acres are covered with very =.
oellent Timber, consisting Of onk. bicteA.
aud chestnut, the residue is cleared land; !!
very high state Of cultivation. IL a"o
bushels lime having been put ON I, VIM
| the last thirteen years is laid off into ooa
venient fields, all of which have rprn;m.
water in them and are enclosed with ova,yS
lent fences, and dge proportion of N,
cleared land is natural meadow, Tho hnaI
ngs on this farm consist of two sto,r
| Frame Weatherboared House ''V'
with basement story under it, llsNc1
Bank Barn with wagon shed MalOzk
and corn crib attached. and t1ss4S
other necessary out Buildings. I6er- -.
running pump of water st the house wL;I
with little expense, IL desired, could b. ros,
ried into the barnyard. This farm !, vail
supplied with fruit trees, consisting Of an.
pies, cherry, peaches, grapes, &c.
The undersigned respectfully state, that
the above is a very desirable farm, heinz
well timberel !, lined, watered, fenced. aDS
the buildings having all been erected within
the last thirteen years.
The terms of sale are As follows:-Ons.
third part of the purchase money shall 10
paid by the purchaser or purchasers to M
Trustee, April !, 1870, to be secured by bs
purchasers note with security 10 be apnroy.
cd by the Trustee, and not to bear interest
until due; and the residue of the purchase
money to be paid in two equal payments,
the one to be paid in one year and the olbe,
in two years from the day of sale, and ,ba
| pay lltNlN ANNifbl ~ Aht lunNttt 10 be
cured by the notes of the purchaser or pur
chasers, with security to be approved Of by
the Trustee, bearing interest from the dsl
Of sale. Upon the payment of the whole
purchase money, the Trustee, wall by good
aud sufficient deed convey the properly il
fee simple to the purchaser thereof
Should any purchaser desire to shorten
the terms of sale, he or she can do 50 By
payment of the purchase money anJ time
before il falls due.
Upon the full compliance with the afo,e.
said terms of sale, the possession of the
aforesaid farm will be given on the first day
of April, 1870,
j. J. BAUMGARTNER,
Trustee.
JoHS T. DIFFENuAUGH, Auctioneer.
oct Cts
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The Grand Central Hotel which was
opened in the city of New York on the
9th Of August last, is said to be the
largest 10 the country. Three hundred
men have been daily over two years in
its construction. IL is situated on the
West side of Broadway between Amity
and Blocker streets, and was formerly
the site ofthc I4afarge House 1t fronts
l73 feet on Broadway aud has a depth
of 200 feet through to Mercer street.
Cost ofthe building aud ground 81 800.
600; cost Of furnishing 100000. 1t
is ten stories high averaging twelve feet
to the story, has $50 rooms, and will
accommodate 1900 guests Seven acres
OF Competing cover its rooms aud halls.
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DEATH OF Elk GOVERNOR PACKER.
A dispatch from Williausport, Pa.
has announced the death Of the Hon.
William Il. Packer, fourteenth Govern
or OF the commonwealth Of Pennsylvania,
during the period extending from 1858
to 1861. lie had in his time been a
most active aud influential leader of the
Democratic party 10 that State, aud was
shrewd and successful manager. He
had been a member of the Legislature.
Speaker of the lower House, State Sen.
ator, canal commissioner, auditor gen.
eral for two terms, aud fually Governor.
lie was prominent member Of tho
order of Odd Fellows, and at enc time
Grand Master Of the State. He died
at the age of sixty-four years, aud had
spent nearly forty years in public life
10 Pennsylvania, No man labored more
earnestly than the deceased to build up
aud promote the great railroad system
of the State. He was a gentleman of
great wealth, aud gave large sums of
money to sustain educational and reli
gious institutions.
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Joint Discussion.
We clip the following from the Fred
erick Citizen, which fully explains itself:
We are requested to publish the fol-
lowing correspondence
FRRpERIck, Md.. sent. "a. ID

lowlng correspondence
FREDERrcK, Nd, Sept. "a, 1870.
Hon. John E. Smith-Dear Sir IL think the
grave issues now before the people should be
fully discussed and therefore propose that
as soon as practicable, we enter upon Il tho
rough joint canvass Of this Congressional dis
trict.
As the time is short, would thank you for
a prompt reply. Details may be settled here
after, when my friend, DR.. VIM. S. McPher-
son, now out OF town, will represent me. For
any immediate arrangements | beg to refer you
TO MAJOR Chas. II. Baugher, the bearer Of this
note.
Hoping the proposition will meet your con-
currenco, remain, very respectfully,
JoHS kIrcn1R
This letter was handed Mr.. Smith on
Saturday morning, when he promised
to give il prompt consideration. Capt
Richie waited until Tuesday evening
no response from Mr. Smith-whcn the
following telegram was sent;
Frederick, Sept. q, 1870, p. IN.
Hox joHS E. sMIrH-w Westminster :-Ritcbie
very anxious-answer informally Immediately,
that he may know. G. II. BAuaHER.
The following reply was received at
. 80 p. m, on the 2Sth:
G. II. BAusuEn-Frederick city Smith in
Cumberland-won't return until Saturday
evening. W. A. McKELLIP.
Mr.. Smiths friends have always re-
garded him as courteous gentleman
From the foregoing statement it is evi.
dent that however radical ia his poll.
ties, he is eminently conservative in his
prudence. We fear he sacrificed his
courtesy to his caution, and must plead
guilty" at the bar Of public opinion.
We very much regret that prompt
response has not been given to the let.
ter of Capt. Richie, as it would have
been most gratifying to the Democracy
of this county TO have heard an able
and thorough discussion of the questions
at issue, and we felt every assurance
that Capt Richie would well maintain
the cause of the party who proudly
claim him as their standard bearer.
Captain Richie arrived in this city
OF Tuesday afternoon, and informed us
that he had received reply from Mr..
Smith, in which he declined to enter
into joint discussion.
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DEED.

On the goth of September, at Libertytown
county, Rachel Simpson, wife OF tn
ate Warheld Simpson. aged 81 years.
Farewell Gus loving mother dear,
Thy sainted spirit now has fed;
Thy cares and sorrows are all DER,
Thou art numbered with the dead.
Why should our tears In sorrow flow
When God recalls his own,
And bids them leave world OF woe,
For an Immortal crown.
For Is moi death gain to her,
Whose life 10 God was given;
Gladly 70 earth her eyes she closed,
To open thom in Heaven.
Her tolls are past, her work i done,
And si,c fully bient
She fought the 1&ht M <>ctory Nor.
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Estate nj Nimrod r. Bennett, deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that the subscri-
~ Der has obtained from the Orphans
Court OF Carroll county, letters of Admin.
istration on the Personal Estate of
NlMROD T. BENNETT,
late of Carroll County, deceased. All
persons having claims against said Estate
are hereby warned to exhibit the same with
in six months from this date, otherwise they
may be excluded from all benefit of said
Estate. Those indebted are requested to
make immediate payment
JOHN DIELH,
oct 0,-ts Administrator.
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Some weeks ago cargo of refuse salt
was purchased at New York for the
Bruce mines, Canada, for the purpose
OF trying the experiment of oxtricating
the copper from the ore, bJ means OF
salt aud sulphuric acid, without smelt-
lug The experiment succeeded, and a
new branch Of trade is likely to result.
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Tnrn out Whits Men /

Let all who are in favor ofthe White
Mans Party, meet at Baxter's Hotel,
Finksburg, at I o'clock on Friday eve
ming next, for the purpose of forming a
Richie Club for the Campaign. Put
all excuses aside and come. Speakers
will be present to address the meeting.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-10-06

The Germantown Telegraph, in an
article which speaks of the claims Of
the great parties Of the country on the
people, says:
10 the Democrats we owe the acquisition
Of Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Arizcna, Cal
ifornia and Nevada, and the FINAL settlement
Of the Oregon dispute, and this alone, not
wiihslandingalI the errors that party, emit.
tie il to respect and continued support. 1t
also stood up firmly for religious liberty in an
era when it was not popular to do SO, aud
when sectarian bigotry had got into politics
and was sweeping the country like lorna.
do. Il also stood resolutely by the rights
Of naturaiized citizens under great dscour.
agements. These are practical services that
still eniitle the party 70 respect.
Thissis a frank and mainly admission
BY political adversary He might
have cited many other great deeds Of
the Democratic party, but these are
enough to give l. stronghold on the
affections and support Of The people.
A nirf IN Elaixsvtlle Ind rceanflr
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Election Notice.

A N Election for Seven Directors to
"A, manage the affairs of the Westminster
Savings Institution. will be held at the
uflice Of Crout 4 Reisnider, on Saturday,
the 10Th instant, at 0 o'clock.
By order,
JESSE REIFSNIDER,
oct 1-2t President.
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Ralb, Boys /! RaRyi

A meeting of the 18th District Richie
Club will be held at Morelock's Hall,
Green Street, on Saturday evening next,
at I ! o'clock The several Committees
appointed at the last meeting will report.
BY order,
w. w. DALLAS, President.
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The Duty Of the Citizen.

In government IKE ours, Where the
people bear rule through their chosen
representatives, every man is onintcgral
part Of the government, and in some
degree responsible for the character of
the government, whether it be good or
bad. Ifby his ballot and by his per-
sonal influence he upholds the good and
opposes the evil, he has fulfilled his
duty, and his responsibility for the evil
ceases. But, If he neglects or refuses
to exert his personal influence or to ex-
ercise his right of suffrage in behalf of
what he conscientiously believes to be
right and proper, he is derelict in duty,
and fails to measure up to the standard
! ofgood citizenship; the state aud society
suffers through his delinquency and he
i responsible, in his degree, for any
political evil or inaladministration which
may ensue. The elective franchise is a
sacred trust, reposed in the citizen, not
for the good of himself alone, but for
the benefit Of the state also, of which
leis component part II should be
exercised intelligently and conscien-
tiously, for the good of the whole. 1t
is the source of power in republic,
aud the glory of a free people, and
ought to be cherished and guarded with
jealous care. That it has been con-
ferred upon an ignorant, brutal, and
semi-barbarous race, who are living
amongst Us, is our shame, and detri-
ment to the state. But, because these
ignorant barbarians have been permit
ted to share this privilege with US, is
that valid reason for any intelligent
citizen to refuse to exercise the right
himselfi BIT not, rather, an additional
incentive for him to repair to the polls
and cast bis ballot against this great
degradation Of the elective franchise /?
That he is filled with disgust at this
po!lstion Of the source of power in our
republic, is natural. Every truly pa
triOtie and rightithinkiug citizen, must
experience the same feeling; but, is
refusal tovote remedy for the evil
Is il not rather sanction Of the evil
torefuse to apply the only remedy which
meets the case2 "But," says the OBJ
jectcr, 81 have solcmnIy declared that
! ! would not vote, and / must keep my
word" Ifit was wrong to make such
vow, and we have eudeayorcd to show
that IL was, it is an additional and
greater wrong to keep it, if you are con
WINGED thatyou were wrong in makingit,
To keep one'o word is commendable, if
that word were rightly spoken; but it is
sound principle in ethics, that bad
promise is better broken than kept.
The morality of this principle cannot be
called 10 question It is eminently
proper and right, therefore, for any one
who has made this rash vow, to recon
slider aud reverse it. Nay, more, il is
his imperative duty to do SO. Wetrust
that every one win feeIitto be his duty,
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NOTICE.

The Notes given at the Sale of Jacob
Powder, deceased, were due September
2stt, and are at the Union National Bank
OF Westminster, for collection. Prompt
payment will be required
WILLIAM SMITH,
LEWIS GREEN,
oct Cit Executors.
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The proprietors ofthc watering place
hotels are footing mp the profits of the
season. Cape May did very well for
them. The Stockton cleared $50 900 /;
Congress Hall, 10000; the Columbia,
IS. 900, and SO on.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-10-06

a Grand Mass Meeting of the Dem.
ocratic. Conservative Party of Carroll
couaty win be held in Westminster, on
SdiTtRDAK, 22d Of OCTOBER,
at 10 O'Clock, A, NJ.
Hon. John Richie, our Candidate
for Congress, and other prominent gen
tlcmen will be present aud address the
meeting. Particulars next week.
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MARRIED.

NarrA1es or Deaths inserted free. II they
exceed fvS lines they wH Be charged for at the
rate Of FIVE CENTS per line.
On The ed ultmo in Gettysburg, Pa, by
Rev. W. X. II. DIETRICH, Mr.. William f. shy
der. Of Frederick city, and Miss Sarah ]. Baird,
Of TAneytown.
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We take pleasure in calling the at
tcntion of purchasers to Jno. l.. Reiisni-
ders advertisement in another colunn.
You will fud goods in his line very
cheap, and one of the best stocks in the
State outside Of Baltimore. 1t
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-10-06

A Boot and Shoe Store has just been
opened in the Store room of the First
National Bank All the latest novel.
ties in Hats aud Caps. Prices low
Call and examine. See advertisement
IN another column, 500 st
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-10-06

Hon Horatio Seymour, in response
to serenadc in So Paul, MINI. said
that Now York would soon make its
canals free for all tho products Of The
West.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

DY virtue of Decree Of the Circuit Court
ID for Carroll county, sitting rs oouH
OF Equity, passed in cause No. 10 EqulH,
wherein George N. Fringer and Others arS
compiainants, and William Forester anu
others are defendants, the subscriber, y
Trustee, will sell at Public Sale, on lne
premises, on the turnpike road leading ifO~
Westminster TO Baltimore, on
Saturday, he 29h IF October, lo'O'
at o'clock, p. NJ, Tract Of Land conf
tanning about \
so Acres Of Land, more or less
The improvements consist of u comiorIaD's
two story weatherboarded eN-0
DwElIING House with back ssssH
building, Barn, Corn House, ,ifBslt4r
and all other necessary out
buildings; water convenient to house anu
barn. The land is in good state Of culllVs
ton, and the fields are laid offin convenlen'
size.
This property is now in the oceupaneyoi
George N. Fringer, and adjoins the lando,
the heirs Of Jacob Powder, deceased, ana
others.
Terms OF SALE.--0ne third cash on the
day of sale or on the ratification thereof,
one third in one year and the other one,
third in two years from the day of sale; tne
the credit payments TO bear interest, and 70
be secured by the notes Of the purchaser OF
purchasers.
CHAS. 7. REIFSNIDER,
oct 6-ts Trustee.