The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-04-27
Items of News.

18th Of October last, removed to Fred.
erick county, was closed on Friday last,
after occupying the attention Of the
Court for ten days. Able counsel were
engaged on both sides, and. the Court
House was crowded each day Of the
trial, On Friday the case was given to
the jury aud after celebrating one hour
aud twenty minutes averdict otguilty
was rendered. The verdict was received
with cheers by the crowd, notwithstand.
ing the order by the Court that no demon,
stration would be allowed. AS Black
passed from the court house to the
hotel, an immense crowd followed him
and they gave vent TO their feelings by
long cheering.
1t is not at all surprising that Cana
dian capitalists should be solcitous con
corning their seal fisheries. Ia March
a feet OF vessels spiled from ST. Johns,
Newfoundland, and returned in three
weeks time with large cargoes. One
had IL, 900 seals, another had $4,000,
the Lion 10000, the Hector $4,000,
and the Nimrod Il ,000--total, 104 900,
valued at $4,000. Eighty sailing
vessels and fifteen steamers, engaged in
1.-The trade, are reported as doing we'll
Each seal is valued ut SO, SO of which
goes to the owners OF the vessel, aud
the remainder to the crew.
Mr. Montjoy, the United States Con.
sui at Lambayeque, in Peru, reports
that many towns in that neighborhood
have suffered drcadiully from the effect
OF the late floods The rain fell with.
out intsrmission for fourteen DAYS.
Most Of the houses in Lambayeque were
swept away, and those that were left are
uninhabitablc. The people arc living
in huts, and more than seven thousand
are entirely dependent on the charity Of
distant towns. The crops aud stock
wereall washed away and destroyed, aud
it will require six mouths to recover
from the disaster.
| There issuch gerrymander in the ap.
portionment representation Connec.
ticut THAT the Democrats might have 80.
600 majority oftbe popular vote andstill
be in minority in the Legislature As
sample the town Of Simsbnrg, with 334
voters, has two members; while New
Haven, which polls 5000, has 10 more !
This presents fair idea OF what Radi.
calism understands by representative
Republican Government.
A San Francisco journal states that
California has proved true I'll Dorado
to ex Governor Leland Sandiord. He
quilted Albany some twenty years since
for the Golden Gate. with DO money TO
speak OF, and is now worth SIC. 0O0, 900.
Among his possessions are banned several
first-class hotels, the Pacific Railway,
a line Disclaimers, three lines Of coaehes,
thirteen gold mines, nineteen factories
aud forty-tiye farms. lie is called the
Aston of San Francisco.
josiah Thomas, OF Roaring Crock
Columbia county, Ohio, recently bull, a
new smoke house with doors so cons ruct.
ed that when closed they could not be
opened from the inside, with u yiew TO
entrapping thieves. Last week he en-.
tered himself and built FIRE, but before
he got out the wind blew the doos shut.
Unable TO get out or attract attention
he suffocated before relief came. His
son hually opened the door and found
his father liieess.
Half the town of Pennington, West
Virginia, was destroyed by fire early
on Saturday morning. The Gre was
caused by some drunken men, who were
playing cards in a carpenter shop, drop
plug caDdle in the shayipgs- Fifteen
dwellings, the Baltimore and Ohio Rail.
road Station, warehouse and $4,000 vestl
of Merchandise were d, ssroyed.
Il During a thunder storm Oh Friday
fash Of Lightning exploaed ssyera
boxes Of Ditro-slyceriDe in the Hoosa,
Tunnel, killing the superinten dept maseu
William DUN, I. w. Ryecroit apc
Robert Roberts. Two other men were
injured.
Il Fonr fishing schooBers with crew,
numbering forty men, belonging L
Gloucester, Mass, are believed 10 hav,
been lost on the banks Oh April BUD
Two schooDers, with twenty. lhreo mer
from the same place were lost durin.
February.
Mrs. Sarah Hand, whose death at Oh,
advanced age OF 90 at Cape May WA
recorded last week, was the last suryi
yor Of the company Of young ladies' W h,
strewed flowers in Washington's patl
during his iriumphal passage through
TreBton in 1889.
A few days since, Vincent Hamilton
and Elizabeth Gregg celebrated thei
golden wedding 10 Bracken county
Kentucky. There were presen. ii,
bridesmaid, the groomsman, 20 Of tn,
guests, and an old manumitted slave
who witnessed the bridal 30 years before
Il From all parts Of the North ives,
Iowa and Wi eoDsin cowe the most en-
couraging reports Of the growing wheat
/, II is stated that the crop promises TO b,
! Que Of the most abundant that has eve
been produced in these States.
A Soman in Washington wanted !,
votc 20 badly Mt the late election tha
the police bad to lock her up to keel
her within her propef sphere Findin,
she could not vote she wanted to fight
aud her polished poker flashed RICH
lively in the sun light.
Three or four printers have been dis
! charged from the government priDtin,
Office, il is alleged, for voting for Mcr
(, rick, Democratic candidate for Congress
/, from tho District Of Columbia.
The Tribune states that dedication o
over 500, 600 has been discovered in tn
! accounts Of General Lawrence, late Pen