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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05
H~Ths fishing season, thus fas, has bssn

~ The fishing season, thus fas; has bssn
s-1scidsd suoegss; md .Shs easeh, psubabiy
greatly in excess Of. suy. season tor ths, past
ten or)fftssn ysanL The prices, during the
season. hare been fair-fsnsips. fee herring.
from So to 412, and for shad from $12 to
$50. Owing, however, to the large supply,
prices have declined, and herring are now
quoted in The Washirston aud Alsxsndris
markets - low a. two aud thres dollars per
thousand. This, though, is true only Of the
city markets. At the shores, - we are in
formed, county consumsnars still forced. to
psy from nix to eight dollars for herring, ale
though, - above stsssd, they are worth in the
city only twc or three dollars. II other
words, opr citissns are compsllsd 10 pay about
thrss timsslas much - the fisherman can rs-
slice BY shipping to the city markets. And
this, too, il The tscs Of ths fact that BY ssll-
ibg on the shore be incurs mons Of the ex-
psnses oftransportatiop. sommisaion, &C.. &c,
oil Of which il doubtless consdsrsbls item
in shipmspts ,aads to the city. Why is this.
and 70 what cause should it b attributed, are
naturally enoash psstipsot aqaistiooss II
thsss any good rsasoe Why this shopld b 20 :
That the facts ere - above sisted. there 10 no
room for doubt, and il is equally conclusive
that . NEST unjust discrimination Is made q
gainst our own citissns. TO speak - mildly
as possible, it 10 open, barsfsesd sxtortion, and
should b discosniensuced and PIT down ct
The risk Of any personal ineonysnisnes. Only
. short time ago there was . grsat cry Of pro-
tsosion to 5sidsat fishermen, but, under the
light Of ths'psssnt circumstances, il. seems To-
N that the oitissos st larye, and not The Ssh
s,men, are tie parties Who should b protect
cd. or what assil or intsrsst Is It to the mass
Of our citizens whether, or not special legisla-
ton is eaforced, o. special protection thrown
around certain Interests, vhsn the owners are
guilty Of such unjust discriminatioa, and that
against oursowa psopls, tool Surely none,
aed it Hssa soos. become . saattsr Of indidsr-
socs Is ~ public ~hstasr the 6shing intsr-
s>ss sssYsosssssd o. not. Doe thing i ri.
jsSs, snd tbAs &. .shat the ashing1 INTEREST,"
upon the Potomac, and the INTEREST," Of the
pHtlie ars, under the shove showing, ar from
being identical. What Is tho remedy and
bow shall II b nsds e6sosivei 4a..is;s, "a
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05

al !, t A. singer Ssystng Aaehl1s' .e4t
iMe direct attention 70 the advertisement Of
TIL superior SeSipg Nachias. Dir. NoAlAs-
tks thstsevellins agent foe the Baltimore Of
6isisipoN iaIths county and would b pleas.
sd,msstdsj ocdsp. The Siassr Mschins d
ess d NE very bsss = ass, md the npmbe,
ofssles tho pass year eives ssopvineidg proel
Offs superior ms.its The pries q the IA!
shhss e viii 30 ssen, d greatly redaeed, ans
are offered 70 purchasers On ysry REASONABLE.
011QSss -. s.y, -. -. - %. :. ia 3
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05

kD1sFAe Gsrmans yesident in Charleston,
8. c., are taking stepsssto purchase large
faEnii In the isuharbs Of tAat city for the pur-
pos of temporarily locating immigrants as
try ariivel there, 80 thst they can learn some-
thing aof our Language, of the effects of the
climate, sand Of the nature oflthe tillage in use
ina she. Houths The quiet and industrious
character of the Germans has rendered that
Glass Of imwigrapta RppnlaE throughout Tie
Southern States, and the German population
Of the cities everywhere appear TO manifest a
eommendable interest in advancing the well
fare Of their newly arrived fellow-countrymen.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05
Spring & Summer Millinery
Ii
Mas. NJ. A. SCOTT

Mas. M. A. SCOTT
HAS just received large assortment Of
IL SPRING and SUMMER MILLINERY.
such as Hats, Bonnets and Gypsies Of every
description.
bons, illusions, Laces and Tuietons.
Also, a superior lot of Linen and Lace Col
lars and Cuffs, Ladies' Neck Scarfs. Edgings.
Rulings, Embroidery and a lot Of Hoops and
Corsets of the latest styles.
Also, Ckignons, Curls and Switches. All Of
which will be sold as low as possible.
1Pinking and Stamping done at the short.
est notice.
Nav 5-u
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05

itOnf Bst1fdsy aMsssfs.e Arc. Riddle and
Maseis Miner counsel for Sarah j. Spencer,
who, was rafnssd the. privileges of registering
- q sotsr. 10 the cisyaofa W ashieg top, served
oa .ashlmsmbs!. Of The Board Of Registration
Eof that city, p writ, notifying them 70 appear
10 court; ol,-in case they fail TO- plead on or
before the first special term Of the Equity
Court, occurring. twenty days after the service
d tie Wit; Judgment VIII 10 asked for ia the
sddnllh Of $500. toThis NJ Wa 6fst case that
he apIsltSE % lstNG 10 refesspce to- ladies
voting in Washington. 80 .
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05

third mile, Mr.. P. McNamara, contractor, has
been entirely finished, including masonry.
The work on the long bridge is being rap
idly pushed forward by Campbell Brothers.
They are now driving the piles for the plat
forms on which the masonry piers will rest,
and the stone causeway is well. under way
The iron work and timber are arriving, and
undergoing inspection by officers Of the COM
DaDY.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05

M A. correspondent Of the Annapolis
Gazetts names the Hon. Richard j. Bowie, Of
Montgomery county, as suitable candidate
for Governor Of Maryland, to be supported by
the Republican party. Mr.. Bowie, once rep
resented this district 10 Congress. as a Wing,
aid be was formerly CHef Judge Of the Court
Of Appeals. 900 f'z..:c
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05
MARR.TED

On the 9th April, 1871, at the Rectory of
Port Tobacco Parish, by the Rev. DR.. LEVIN,
Mr.. JAMES T. CHIPLEY, formerly of Alex
andria, Va, and Miss MARY WHEELER, of
this county.
[Alexandria and Washington papers please
copy ~
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05

a6T In comparing simple with compound
interest, it is found that money will double
itself through the former medium In 14f
years by calculating it at 2 per cent; but
compounded at. the same rate; The same a
mount will be doubled in lot years.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05
III :. q y : = u u
The Growth Of Shad.

According to Mr.. Seth Green, the well
known pisciculturist, of New York, shad do
not attain their full growth sooner than at the
age of three or four years. These views are
formed from the examination and comparison
Of the young shad Matched out in artificial
breeding troughs and those caught in the
Hudson. Young shad Matched out are at the
age Of six weeks only onasand one ne quarter
binary sized darning needle, while in the
month Of June, shad FIVE inches long. are
caught in the Hudson. The theory is advance
ed that the FIVE inch shad is one year ole, and
having remained In the river or near its mouth
during the first twelve months, comes up the
river with the old ,shad in the spring. d u
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05
from Franco.

McMahon's batteries and troops are fast
bringing the Paris Communists to submission,
but even if they fail the reign Of anarchy and
disorder has but short time to live. An
Imperial German Council was held at Berlin
on Sunday, and it was then decided to give
Theirs notice that if bis Government does not
re-establish its authority over the insurgent
city within limited period and fulfil the
treaty stipulations German troops will be
marched ia to restore law and order. This
emphatic warning is said to have already been
served at Versailles. It is justified by the
moral and material interests of France and
Germany, and in less degree by those of all
other nations of Europe. In the event o
German interference a restoration of the Re.
gency under the Empress Eugene is believed
to be probable. Another report. which i:
somewhat improbable, states that Theirs is
conspiring to make himself and McMahor
co-Regents with the Empress. Military ope.
rations around Paris are progressing actively
the Versaillist guns maintaining steady
bombardment of the insurgents defences.-
Cuseret was deposed from the War Ministry
because he did not prevent the insurgent de-
feat at D'Issy. Paris dispatches claim that
the loyalists have been driven back from that
vicinity and the fort made more formidable
than before. The Commune has succeeded
in forcing money contributions from the Paris
railway companies.
Latest Paris dispatches claim that in an in.
fautry engagement before Fort D'Issy on
Wednesday morning the forces of Mcmahon
were repulsed with heavy loss. From Yer
sailles it is. reported that the bombardment Of
the fort is continued with good effect, and a
confidence is felt that it will soon surrender
and with it Forts Montrouge and Vanvres.-
Spies report that when the layalists enter
Paris they will be supported by thirty thou
sand National Guards. A rumor of the res
ignation Of Mcmahon; was telegraphed tc
London, but speedily contradicted. A Lon
don Times special says that efforts for conci-
liation continue in Paris, and that several
societies would hold monster peace meeting
on Sunday.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05

/ @eThe Washington correspondent Of the
Baltimore Gazette says that "orders have been
issued to open all the passenger cars between
Washington and Baltimore to travellers,
without regard to race OF. color Recent de-
cisions Of the Courts have forced the railroad
company to adopt this course, OF locate their
terminating depot outside of the District
limits.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05

n@The trial of Rev. Charles E. Cheney,
at Chicago, ILL.,, now under sentence of sus-
pension from his functions as a minister Of
the EPISCOPAL Church for the omission Of the
word ''resenerate" from the baptismal SER
vice, was commenced Wednesday. Rev. Mr..
Cheney not appearing, plea of guilty was
entered, and a, decision was probably render
ed yesterday. h!tgi aiae .o =.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05

16The Cashier of the Farmers National
Bank ct Annapolis was notified by the Hon.
Johe Merryman, State Treasurer of Maryland,
that heewas going to make demand upon
the bank for the payment to the State of the
United States five per cent. tax on the divi-
dends of the stock held by the State, which
he alleged was enormously held by the bank
and paid to the United States. The State
Treasurer claimed that under the recent de-
cision of the Court the State was not liable to
the tax. The Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue gave bis opinion that the tax withheld
from special coupons was properly withheld;
and cannot be refunded g I - sisis
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05

Ku.Klux no Bar to Northern Settlers.
The New York Tribune publishes a card
from Northern settlers in Virginia and North
Carolina, testifying that not only are persons
and property safe in the sections Of those
States where they reside, but that they never
lived in more orderly and law-abiding COM
munity. Many Of those who thus testify are
Republicans and regular subscribers to the
New York Tribune. Such evidence ought to
have its weight. The testimony would doubt
less apply to the South generally under SINH
lar circumstances. - @ttTf a3f 5.f..i
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05

10 sss 81 -. cgffryeess,- -. il
a messing x a. Ea.s.ay. copnis,s. 4!
ths Demoeratis Staas Csptnl Comnitsss r...
hold in Raltimor on ths 9th salt.aat which
itsWssidieidsd 10 bold State. Conrsntion III
shsldty ofBaltimori on; Wednesday the isth
sfJaly, puaomiosss candidates Ter Govetnot,
Assstosy General ana COasptroheti q The
Stase fryAsury. 70 b vossd tpr = tbs STATE
election 4 Notenber next. 80. r.; s'@ go, -
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05
LADIES, MEETING.

THE Ladies' Association, of Port Tobacco
Parish, will meet at Mrs. Boswell's, on
FRIDAY, May 9Th, at II m.
April %, 1871.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05
: ~ A gentleman from New York, who has

= ~ gentTeman fromfNew York, who has
lately s'interviewed' Mr.. Alex. H. Stephens
in Georgia, reports that Mr.. s. adheres as
firmly as ever to the doctrine of State rights,
and sees in its triumph alone the salvation Of
the Republic from centralized despotism
He considers the Thirteenth Amendment as
having been fully ratified and valid. as the
natural result of the war. The Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Amendments be considers as
'gross usurpations of power, passed by force
and fraud, with seven of the original thirteen
colonies unrepresented. E - IS i1<
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05

11TSs .1sxpAysrss Oh wilton II South
Csr6lina viii msst Il co5snSia % Tus.day
nfst. The ss6sraI ssntinent Of tbs delegates
elected. says Charleston dip.sh, seaus te
y in fayoE at declaring ,agaiastl any issthss
iaepe ec State boods, hut, no -repudiasion. 81
those sarsady issesd- oyks dssiep Of the 0oa-
vidtioois tho ibrna&tos Of ''nsw pastys 10
detSat thG Republicans. tGai. - II .aTs
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-05-05
For Sale.

a N IRON-AXLED HORSE CART, nearly
n new. Also, q set Of HARNESS suitable
for the same. For. terms, apply at this Office.
May 5, l871-3t.
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HeligOland-A Description Of the Island
Coveted by Prussia.

A correspondent of the Pail Mall Ga
Sette writes 4" ! see the Heligoland ques-
ton has turned up again, and a few
words of description may not be with
out interest to your readers, for there is
no place like it on the face of the earth.
1t is tall, red hill rising straight out of
the waters, with sandbank on one
side. On the sand, and part Of the way
up the hill, is the town, or rather viii
lage. 1t was inhabited in former times
by pilots and wreckers, but now they
have degenerated into clearinghouse
keepers. Heligoland is the Margate of
Hamburg. Thither stream the inhab-
itants of that rich city to play at rouge
et.noir lat least, they did while ! was
there) and to enjoy sea bathing. There
is a regular season in the summer
months, and sometimes many passen-
gers who are brought in the steamer are
obliged to sleep on board, and to 60
back again, the island being full. Ev-
cry house probably takes in dodgers, but
then, there are not very many houses.
The bathers resort to neighboring
sand.bank, a sister island, which the
Governor, it will be remembered, some
time ago stocked with rabbits, which be-
gan eating up the grass which held the
sand-bank together, so that the Heligo-
landers became furious, and talked OF
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shaking off the English yoke. Howev.
er, the rabbits were all shot, the island
ers pacified, and nothing more was said
of their old Tristan constitution. Their
language is German, but they detest
that nation even more than they do
ourselves. They are not English, even
though they are English subjects; they
are not German, though they speak
German. They are Heligolanders, the
noblest of created beings; all foreign
ers are skit, which, in their homely dia-
lect, means dirt. The top of the island
hill, and, as well as l can remember,
about the size of the Green Park.
There is we'll known story of man
from the far West-and therefore only
accustomed to see land only on large
scale-who paid visit to England.
When asked how he enjoyed himself,
he replied, Very much; only | never
went out at night for fear of falling off,"
In Heligoland there is really a danger
of such an accident happening to any
enc who, from the force of habit, should
continue to walk too long in any one
direction.n
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-14
National Brains.

An elaborate paper was read, not very
long ago, before the Royal Society, in
which the existing evidence as to the
weight of brain among different nations
was analysed. The average brain. weight
for the English is stated to be 1850
ounces; for the French, ABS; for the
Germans, 1888; but there are discre-
pancies in the results of different OBJ
servers, some giving greater average
than this to the Germans. The Italians,
Lapps, Swedes, Frisians, and Dutch,
come into the same category with the
English. Among the Asiatic races, the
Vedahs, of Ceylon, and the Hindoos
give mean of oyer 42.ll ounces. The
skulls of Musselmans afford slightly
increased average of brain-weight over
those of the Hindoos. Two skulls of
male Khonds-one of the unquestioned
aboriginal races of India-show a brain
weight of only 1887 ounces. The gem
eral average of the Asatic table shows
diminution of more than two ounces
when compared with the Europeans.
The general mean of the African races
is less than that of European races, al
though there are great differences
the Kaffre rising high, and the Bush
man sinking low, in the scale. The
average of the whole of the original
American races reaches 4473 ounces,
which it IA ounces less than that of
the European races. The Australian
races show brain-weight one-ninth
less than that of the general average of
Europeans. The Malays and others OF
the Oceanic races, who migrated boldly,
for commercial purposes, over the North
and South Pacific Ocean, and occupy
the islands, show tolerably high aver
age of brain-weight and, on arriving at
this section, we return in some measure
to the large brain-weight of Europeans
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-14
A Modern Lucretia BOrgia-A Terrible
Career of Crime.

Mrs. Lydia Sherman was arrested at
New Brunswick, n. j., on the lst inst,
by officers from Connecticut, who
charged her with having poisoned, at
different times three husbands and two
step.children, the offsprings of her last
husband in previous marriage. The
statements of the officers leave no doubt
that the woman is guilty of one of the
most startling and sensational series Of
crimes that has ever been committed in
this country. This woman married q
Jerseyman nearly ten years ago, and
after living with him three years he
died suddenly and under circumstances
which occasioned considerable comment.
The second husband she married in
Connecticut, and he died under equally
suspicious circumstances. But as moth
ing was then known Of the former
mysterious death, no action was taken.
Early in 1870, at Derby, Conn.,, the
woman married Nealson II. Sherman, a
widower with two children, one 6 and
the other Is years old. Within nine
months these three died, all under the
same unaccountable circumstances.
After the death of the oldest child,
which occurred last, Mrs. Sherman went
to New Brunswick to visit, also to Phila.
delphia Immediately after she had
left Derby, and succeeding the death OF
the child, the friends Of Sherman took
steps to investigate the matter, and to
that end had the body of Sherman and
those of the two children exhumed, and
undeniable evidence of poison was found
upop all three IF the boAies. II was
plainly seen in the stomach of the last
buried of the three. The poison was
vegetable, and of an unusual character.
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The Resources of the Voice.

When Rossini began to develop his
peculiar style, which gives the singer
opportunity to make all the excellences
of q well.cultvated instrument ayaila-
bic, voices were raised against him even
in Italy. The complaint was made that,
instead of taking the predecessors, CT
marosa, Zingarelli, &C., for his models,
and letting the singer produce his affect
through the beauty of a sustained tone,
he has turned the human voice into an
instrument and destroyed the natural
power of tone. If we compare Rossini's
demands upon the singers with the
style of the older Italian opera, if we
consult the traditions which have come
down to us from that epoch, it will be.
come clear enough to us that the charm
felt in the fullness and power Of the hui
man organ in its highest development
has been perceptibly weakened by Ros-
SIM, in order to make room for more
one-sided culture of mere technical
facility. To be sure, the older Italian
singers trained themselves to a facility
in passages, which scarcely fell short of
that of the newer singers of the Ros-
SIM school. But their chief aim was the
tollc ltstll, anu tIlc tlIcCt lIouuCcu upOi
the hearers purely by this. What we
read of the formation of the tone, the
cultivation of the breath, the hexibility
of the voice, in the singer of that time,
Judged by our present ideas, sounds al
most fabulous. The singer Ferri, for
example, who died in l7l0, is said to
have possessed such control over his
voice, that in the delivery of passages of
feeling he actually thrilled his hearers.
Yet at the same time he had developed
his technical facility to such a degree,
that he executed consecutive trills, for
instance, through two octaves, up and
down, in one breath, such passages re-
curing fifty seconds time. Similar
things are told of Sassaroli, soprano
caStrato of the King of Saxony, who
sang as late as 1920 in musical festival
at Gorlitz. Farinelli (died 1882 executed
in one breath passages requiring fifty
seconds time. Moreover, it is said that
he could increase his tone to such de-
gree of strength, that it completely coy
cred up the sound Of trumpet.-DaS
MuStk0Hsche W0chenbl1u.
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A MONDAY Bank Robbery.

From the Utica IN Y. J Observer. 10th.
The inhabitants OF Fulton county
have been in high state of excitement
since Saturday noon, caused by the rob-
berry of the Gloversville Bank, at Clio
versville, in the early part of Saturday
afternoon, and the killing of Marcus
Dye, in the same village, at | o'clock
yesterday morning. The following are
all the particulars of the robbery which
we are allowed to make public at pres
ent Between | and 2 o'clock on Satur-
day afternoon, q man came into the
,Gloversville Bank and inquired how
large Government stamp it was neces-
sary to affix to mortgage for 81 ,0OO
The teller replied, "A 81 stamp" The
man thanked him and stepped back
from the counter to a small desk to
make way for other parties who entered
at the time.
After these parties had been waited
on, the man approached the teller's
desk and said he observed that the bank
advertises Northern Pacific bonds for
SALE" and engaged the teller in CONVEX
sation about railroad securities, making
a special inquiry in regard to the value
of the Fonda, Johnstown and Glovers-
vile Railroad bonds as an investment.
The teller gave him all the information
in his power. After further conversation
on various subjects, the stranger thanked
the teller for the information received,
and left the bank. While teller was
thus engaged, second party, who was,
without doubt, the opal" of the inquisi-
tive stranger, obtained access to the
vault of the bank and succeeded in alb
stracting from it available funds to the
amount Of $4,000, and about $4,000
worth of North Carolina coupon and
other bonds.