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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

Rightly understood, politics Is the science
Of government, the art Of administering |
public affairs for the safety, prosperity and
happiness ofthe people, It is branch Of
ethics, the science that treats Of human
actions and mental affections, whether vir-
tuous or vicious, right or wrong. In
this higher and proper acceptation Of the !
term, ii is one Of the noblest studies which |
can occupy the mind Of man. It looks to
the temporal, as religion does to the eternal
welfare Of our race. But it is too often
understood in mere partizan sense, and
ii has become the fashion Of moralists and
religiOnists to decry everything Of party
character, until, without duly investigating
the subject, too many Of this class Of our
citizens eschew politics altogether, as a
subject unfit for their consideration. This
Is great error, and one to which public
attention should be called more frequently,
and in reference to which the public mind
needs to be enlightened If the good and
yirtuous Of all lands should abandon the
control Of public affairs to the vicious and
depraved, it needs no argument to show
that good government would be at an end,
and civil commotion and misrule would
ensue. Yet such state Of things is but
the natural result Of the hue and cry of
moralists against politics and politicians.
In a republic, such rs ours, the people
rule, and it IS the duty Of every man to be
politician, and to take an intelligent part
in the administration Of public affairs. As
wen might man skulk from military duty
in times Of danger, or whsn the soil Of his
country is pressed by the foot Of the inva-
der, as to refuse or neglect to bear his part
in affairs Of state. Good government and
good laws proceed from good men; but If
good men refuse to participate in their
enactment and administration, viii not the
responsibility Of bad laws and bad ad-
ministration naturally rest upon them ?
They cannot escape it, and they are as
derelict in duty as the man who by an
overt act deliberately offends against the
welfare Of the commonwealth. Even in a
party sense, politics deserve our best con-
sideration. The church is full Of sectaries
Is that reason why the concerns Of reli-
gion should be abandoned? Men cannot
think alike upon any subject, and il is not
desirable that they should. Their very
differences Of opinion result in the elimi-
nation Of truth. As there are sectaries in
the church, 80 there must be parties in the
state, and they serve as check and a
guard upon each other, stimulating and
melting to activity, vigilance and emula-
ton. Without that difference Of opinion
which divides men into sects and parties,
mind and morals, religion and politics
would degenerate, stiffness, stagnation and
decay, would supervene, and society be-
come dead sea Of inertia Its the order
Of nature that these differences should ex-
list, and they we're instituted for wise pur-
poses. Parties are necessary to keep up a
healthy action in the body polite, and he
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

The Metropolitan Branch Of the Bait.
and Ohio railroad, says the Georgetown
Courier, has cost perhaps more money in
its construction than any road Of equal
length in this country, amounting in the
aggregate to about s4,00O,000, or $50 a
foot for the forty three miles from Wash:
ington to Point Of Rocks Already il is
efecting great things for Montgomery
county, and people are asking enormous
prices for land-S100 an acre being the
average demanded along the line IL fact,
the farther one goes from the District, the
higher do the owners estimate real prop
erty. William Brewer sold one-third of
an acre of ground last Monday near the
depot In Rockville for s436, which sum
would doubtless few years ago have pur-
chased seven or eight acres at this point
tho extreme eastern section Of the vii
lage.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

ATTENTION, DEMOCRATS.

The Democratic Voters Of Carroll county
are hereby notified to assemble at the usual
places Of meeting in the several Election
Districts, on SszUknAx, AUeusT s0th, 1873,
and then and there from o'clock until
s O'Clock, P. M. vote for Five Delegates from
each Election District TO assemble IN County
Convention on Monday, September LIST, 1878,
at 10 O'Clock, A. N. 70 nominate Candidates
for the Legislature and County Offices.
At meeting Of the County Democratic
Central Committee on the 4th Of August, q
resolution was passed recommending that
each Delegate to the County Convention be
entitled to vote per capita, instead Of by Dis
tricts, a. has heretofore been done, upon all
questions before the Convention.
RICHARD MANNING, Chairman.
W. H. VAxDERFoRD, Secretary.
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PUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER 16.

AN ACT to authori=e and eD,po,,,- 4
County Commissioners for Carroll en,s
" to subscribe to the capital s,oci :,
Turnpike Companies IN Carroll coma,
SECTION l. BE II enacted by me Gen.,
assembly Of Maryland, That the County Co. o.
missoners for Carroll county be and t6e I'M,
hereby authorized and empowered n ". nv
scribe to the capital stock. Of any Tu,D.oalo. ~,
Company, already organized OF hereaae,' =
be organized in said county, in the name ~ y
for the benefit Of said county, sum or .a r-a
of money not To exceed in any case fonr I han
dred dollars for each mile Of road that , ,nar
be made in said county, and sum or snns y
money not TO exceed four hundred dolla,. e. -
each mile Of turnpike made and completed \,
any company hereafter to be organized
SEo. 2. And be IL enacted, That the Couu,,
Commissioners for said county are herebv ~.
thorized and empowered to issue the bonds ~
said county, or certificates of indebtednass ~
the amount Of stock so subscribed. and na. ~
tiate said bonds or certificates Of indebtednss.
upon the most favorable terms; DroriJsJ
they shall not be sold less than par. ana ~
said County Commissioners are AUTHORIZE -
levy upon the assessable property M ~
county an amount sufficient to pay the apnn.I
interest upon said bonds, and the principaI :,
maturity. M ~
SIC. 3. And be il enacted, That the com.
missioners Of said county shall be entitled -
be represented in all meetings of stockbolda,s
and shall vote in all elections Of directors =
all of said companies, in proportion 10 ,hs
stock held by them in said companies resD e.
lively.
SIC. 4. And be y enacted, That in accor.
dance with the provisions Of article three soa
ton fifty-four Of the Constitution Of MarylanS
this Act shall be published for two month.
next before the next election for members N
the House Of Delegates, in the newspaper.
published in said county, and shall alsa 10
approved bya majority Of all the members
elected to each House of the General Assem-.
bly,, at its next session after said election
Sro. 8. And be IL enacted, That this Ae,
shall take effect from its passage.
Approved February 10, 1879. auels.qm
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

Late advices from Lima, Peru, report
that serious accident had occurred sixty
miles from that city. A body of earth,
estimated at ten million cubic yards, fell
from the mountain side into the valley,
severely injuring several persons and filling
up the river, the water of which had risen
one hundred and nine feet above its usual
height. Engineers were ofthe opinion that
the water would soon burst its barriers, when
it would rush towards Lima, eeping
everything before it and submerging the
lower portion of that city.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23
Business Locals.

Bargains in Ladies' and Children's Shoes.
Closing out balance of summer stock at re-
duced prices. Lasting Front Lace Caters
only SIPS; Lasting Kid Foxed Caters only
S2.O0, w. o. Ligget's.
Price White and Brown Sugars at W. 0.
Liggets.
Shoes from G. j. Yingng & Co.'S Tiflin Fac.
tory. Call and see them at W. o. Ligget's.
Price Gum Shoes at W. o. Ligget's.
We are closing out our Stock at reduced
prices to make change in the firm on LIST of
September. ]. Yingling 4 Bro.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

Republican journals are wont 10 aseribe
70 the Democratic party here IN Maryland
and elsewhere. subserVience ID ssr;apn IN
iiuenee, whatever that may be. If they
win look at home they win snd enough a
do 10 pluck tho beam ont az their own eve
Nlshous concerning themselves about the
mote in their neiehbor's eve. The Ma
60, p....t,..
'.'''ss's f'st'ao''e.s'', paonanen1 organ o.
''.a' pA's s.''u''s au,n''s 'ne existence
y & 'nn ssass = ~ ran ANA. onaer
.'s saP''0a =, manu- r'n'lcs' 'ns'
''e'n.' sA'u' 1As' ~ssA
,a Above ,N ~ We ses.se sn.-.sat unity :,
satisfsd unless they are oiIesscd to control tie
pesroaags National aSd state or tss benefit I,
= sT,..,
-. go 0''' a'0 ~ r,O'1 .s,
- : ,s,e0s = '"' ,"''S
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23
American Genius.

A recent letter-writer from Vienna to
the New York World thus alludes to the
exhibition Of American machinery in the
Exposition at the Capital of Austria. He
says:-"Other nations have sent good
machinery and also bad, heavy machinery
and light But, as collection, ours is
the only one marked throughout with merit
and originality. We have not sent
single machine that does not do its work
perfectly and better than any machine
before it. The machines are light, for il
would not have paid to send heavy ones.
They are not the 1.-THE of what America
might have sent under more favorable cir
cumstances. For all that, they throw
those of England and the Continent
completely in the shade. They have
demonstrated once more that it is useless
to compete with American inventive gent
us. Other nations copy and steal from us,
but they all lag behind ten or twenty
years.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

A colorcd man in Washington, on Sat
urday night last, was married by colored
preacher named Edward Wills, toa young
white girl named Margaret Bowlings The
mother Of the girl was frantic, and after
some litigation spirited her daughter away
beyond the reach Of the police. She
threatens to shoot her daughter and the
negro also, rather than let them live TO-
gether as man and wife, alleging that her
daughter is of unsound mind. The negro
sought the aid Of the police, but the girl
could not be found.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

The grand jury at Westchester, Pa,
found true bill against William Y. I'd
derzook, on Wednesday week, which con
tains two counts, one charging him with
the murder Of Winfield s. Co.'s, otherwise
known as Alex. c, Wilson, and the other
charging him with the murder Of male
white person to tho jury unknown,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23
SEED WHEAT FOR SALE.

SEED WHEAT raised from seed obtained
:, ~ from the Agricultural Department by
VIM. A. McKellip, Esq, of Westminster, can
pc had at the Warehouses Of Denton Gehr and
yrimes 4 Stouifer, 1t is Of the celebrated
fultz variety and weighs 64lbs. to the busheI.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

VITALITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
The Democratic organization, says the
Ciaeinnati Enquirer, has now existed for
four-score years. 1t has seen the birth
and death Of a dozen antagonistic parties
While these parties have risen for a mo-
ment upon the crest of the pillows Of pub
lie opinion, and then were engulfed, the
Democracy have kept steadily on their
course. In the meantime, they generally
governed the country from 1900 to 1861.
Since that time the party has been in the
minority, but still its numbers have ap-
proximated very nearly to its successful
competitor. There are halfa million more
whites who are Democrats than there are
Republicans. Its restoration to power Is
one Of the most certain events of the future.
It is just as certain to beat in the long run
the Republican as it did their predecessors,
the Wings, the Know Nothings and the
Federalists. There is nothing in minor
ity Of twelve years which is at all disheart-
ening, when we consider the nature and
character Of the times. To disband and
break up this noble old party, the history
Of whose achievements is the history Of
the country, is one of the impossibilities.
1t is too deeply imbued in the affections
of over three millions of voters. Its or
ganization reaches into every township and
school district. The attempt at its de-
struction win not amount to even digni-
fed failure. 1t viii stand out in grand
relief upon the political canvas when such
movements as that recently made at Co
lumbus viii be forgotten.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23
HAMPSTEAD CAMP.

NHE N. Z, Church, Of Hampstead Circuit
a will hold Camp Meeting in Asbnry
ufoye Camp Ground, one mile south Of Hamn.
stead, on the road leading to Houckwille.
commencing on Friday, the 10Th instant and
continuing for one week. No trafiicinq will
DC allowed by any person or persons within
tee distance allowed by law. 10 sell duripg
,ne week Confectionery, MELONS, Ice Cream
the Trustees. snaas.,e o'''
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23
DOG SKIN Gloves
H. q. NORRIs q so

- IL NoAAftlS q co.
HAVE constantly on hand Full Assort.
- ment Of our Genuine Dog Skin Gloves
ior Ladies and Gentlemen, also other Styies
OF Gloves OF our make, for all of which thew
are orr exclusive Agents for Westminster.
6EOkGE UPDEGRAFF 4 son.
Manufacturers, Hagerstown, Ma.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

Coon OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CoIburn, Of
Delaware City, Del, has raised, this sea
son, on field Of % acres, SO bushels Of
wheat per acre. George w. Barnes, of
Cecil county, Nd, on Geld Of % acres,
raised this season, 34l bushels Of wheat
per acre.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

What becomes Of the gold and silver
coin2 Il IL said that three millions per
month are coined at Philadelphia, and a
like amount at San Francisco, and at Car
son City, Nevada. There is gold and sill
yer for the government, but only filthy rags
for the people, who never see any specie.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

ne Estate Of John Hoyela, deceased.
NILS is to give notice, that the subscriber.
!, - OF Carroll county, hath obtained from
me orphans Court Of Carroll county, in Ma.
ryland, letters testamentary on the Personal
Estate Of
JOHN HoSFELD,
late OF Carroll county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are here.
by warned to exhibit the same with The
vouchers thereof legally authenticated 10 The
subscriber, on or before the first day Of April
next they may otherwise by law be excluded
ilom all benefit Of said estate. Those indebt.
Cd are requested to make immediate payment
Given under my hand this 10Th day Of Au.
gust, A. ID. 1878. y ="
ANDREW HosFELD,
aug N"-ft Executor
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

THE VIENNA ScANDAL.--The report Of
the special Commission upon the Vienna
scandal is lively reading. General Mayer
the First Assistant Commissioner, is d.
rectly convicted of having accepted, under
the guise of loans, money from proprietors
of bars and restaurants as considerations
for giving them favorable places in the
American department of the Exhibition.
The Chief Commissioner, Gen. Van Buren,,
is believed to have participated in the fees
thus extorted, and Messrs Jay and Nc
Elrath take the opportunity to administer
to him severe castigation for "the loose
management, marked by irregularities,
which has arrested the success of the Com
mission and brought dishonor on the Re-
public" They refuse to accept the ex-
plantations of either of the inculpated
officials, and hint that there are other
suspicious circumstances connected with
General Van Buren, administration which,
if investigated, would deepen his guilt.
The conclusion Of the report, in which
they speak in fitting terms of the positive
evil of permitting bars to be opened at all
under the sanction of the American Com
mission, will strike readers as especially
sound doctrine. General Van Buren,, Of
course, will have sharp answer to this
formidable verdict, and the discreditable
controversy will be kept up, but it may
well be doubted whether he can ever clear
himself of the stain.--Bdho. american.
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To the People of Carroll County.

Having been solicited by many influential
and true men in various parts Of the county
to permit my name to be used as a candidate
for the Clerkship of the Circuit Court for
Carroll county, ! hereby formally announce
myself as candidate, subject to the decision
of the Democratic Convention.
JOHN J. BAUMGARTNER,
Westminster, Nd.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23
LOCAL AFrArRs.

AccInFsrs an 1ar WEsTKnE MARYLAND
kAuRoAn. The regular train which len Bal
timore on Saturday afternoon last. at 8 O'Clock,
was thrown from the track just after leaving
tho Relay House. The cause OF the accident
wac a switch which had been left open by one
Of the track hands, who opened il FOR the pur-
pose Of running hand-car into the engine
house. Fortunately the train hsid just started.
A passenger standing or the platform had two
Of his toes mashed two other gentlemen es-
capped by jumping off the car. The rear plat
form oft baggage car and front platform of
the first passenger car were broken of even
with the cars. A temporary track was built
around the engine, 50 as TO let the Hagers-
town express going east pass. An attempt
was made by the 5.25 train from Baltimore to
pass around, bnt il slipped the track. This
caused great amount Of work, and the trains
were delayed until $50 Sunday morning.
Much anxiety was felt among our citizens in
regard to the safety Of friends who were on
board, especially SO, as the extent Of the ac-
cident was not known. Messrs. Grimes u
Stouiier, agents at this place, kept open until
ii o'clock that night, when telegram ex-
planning the cause Of delay was received II
is estimated that there were about 500 pas
sengers on the trains, many Of whom were on
their way to Emory Grove Camp. The trains
reached here at O'Clock on Sunday morning,
after detention Of about fifteen hours.
On Tuesday the camp train, which lefl Bal
timore at 81 o'clock, A. N. collided near
Reisterstown Station with an empty freight
train, crushing three freight cars, the tender
Of the engine and the platform Of passenger
car, but injuring no one, Some two hundred
persons were on board. The ladies were con.
yeyed to the camp in wagons, the gentlemen
walking through wet grass, over hills and
through woods, mile and half
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23
FARMERS
SAVE YOUR NrONEx

SMlTHS RAW BONE PHOSPHATE,
~ equal 70 the best brands in the market,
ana yet sold at the low price Of s42 per ton
Z present. as there Is strong probability Of
iuIlner advances upon the prices Of the raw
material, which OF course will cause US TO
increase our prices, Farmers would do well
70 apply carly for their Fall supplies.
F0WBLE 4 MATTHEW'S,
aug Vim Westminster, Nd
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

Rev. PsnneIl Combc, Corresponding
Secretary Of the Temperance Alliance has
been offered by the committee salary Of
$500 per annum The Reverend gentle
man demands $500.
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A GRAND PIC MIC

NOR the Benefit Of st. Joseph's Church
a viii be held ia Clabaugh's Woods. nea5
Ianeytown, on Tresddy, September len,
Entertainments in abundance. Dinner 90 ets
ang23.tp ~ w.
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PRICE $50 PER TON.

j. J. TURNER Il co.
AZ Pratt Street, Baltimore.
FOR SALE BY
Gtrimes q Siouifer, Westminster, Nd.
iblggs \ Albaugh, Rocky Ridge, Nd.
Nm; II, Todd, Utica Mills, Nd.
1. =. Tower, Double Pipe Creek, Nd.
Peter Engel, New Windsor, Nd.
Zimmerman 4 Shultz, Sykesville, Nd.
VIM. II. B. Dorsey, Mount Airy, Nd.
samuel T. Grove, Ridgeyille, Nd.
Mccomas a Bro, Hoods Mills, Nd.
=. A. Talbot, Ellicott City, Nd.
anglG-Smos
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,,l Liberal BEeuEsrs.-By the Nuncupative
VIII Of the late Jno. H: Yingling, proved in
the Orphans Court on the 5th instant, he be-
guests $1,000 to the trustees Of the NJ. p.
Church, Of Westminster, to be applied in part
payment for the erection Of a Parsonage to
cost at least $1,000. Also 81 200 to be in
vested and the interest applied annually to-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

Dr.. Lor1y VAycR, Indian Doctor,'' who
was in this city during the May Term Of
Court, was convicted last week at Chambers.
burg, Pa, of attempted rape on a young
girl, and sentenced to seven years and
seven months in the penitentiary. His pupil.
young Dunn, was also found guilty, but on
account Of his youth and the control which
Vance had over him, received the light SEN
tense Of six months in the county jail. ,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

DEDIcsTIos.-Thomas Chapel at Gorsuch
Road, viii be dedicated Sunday, Sept. 7th,
At 10 o'clock, a. NJ. Rev. Thomas Guard, Of
Mount Vernon Church, Baltimore, and other
eminent divines are expected to be present.
A Children's meeting at 3 o'clock, p. NJ.
Services in the evening at 7o'clock. All
friends Of religion are respectfully invited to
be present.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

r. A. Holmes, Esq, Of Baltimore, well
known in this city, died on the afternoon Of
the 18th instant, oftyphoid fever. Mr.. Holmes
was here on the day of the tournament and
was in good health. He occupied high DO
sition among the masonic orders OF that city.
and at the time Of his death was superinten
dent Of the Baltimore Gas Works,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

President Grant has been junkeiing
through Maine and New Hampshire, the
past week
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

HAMPSTEAD CAaP.--This camp will com.
mence on the nth instant Rev. DR.. L. +.
Morgan, Presiding Elder, will have charge Of
the camp. Rev. DR.. !. W. Cullum, Of Hamp-
stead, is the preacher in charge of the Circuit.
The camp ground is situated one mile south of
Hampstead, and is beautifully located. About
90 tents will be erected and it is expected
that larger number Of persons viii be in at.
tendance than formerly.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

Destructive floods are reported from
India, no less than thirty-dye hundred
houses having been swept away in the
Province Of Agra.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

Hartford county has 46 candidates for
the different Offices to be elected this fall,
and 81. Mays a. Hartford ~ ahead 90
far.
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SHERIFFALTY.

announce myself as a candidate for Sheriff
4 of Carroll county, subject to the decision
Of the Democratic Nominating Convention.
X. CHARLES MATTHEW'S.
aug 23-2t~ Westminster.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

The diamond market in London Is said
70 Be much depressed on account Of the
abundance Of the supply
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

General John c. Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky, is at Saratoga, and receives marked
attention. Age has dealt gently with him,
and he is still Of commanding appearance.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-08-23

Governor Walker, Of Virginia, General
John B. Gordon, and General Beauregard
are at the Greenbrier White Sulphur
Springs.