Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-05-22

The Democrats carried the charter cleo
ton in MGiistown, New Jersey, on the
18th instant for the first time since its in
corporations There seems to be a general
dispositioneyeryw to rebuke Radical
ism for its &ithlessness, and in many To-
calities, heretofore Republican, the popu-
lar verdict tits Spring has been decidedly
against that cerrupt organization. AL
that the Democracy need to sweep the
country is tomake good nominations, and
show in deees as well as words that they
are true refomers.
Tom Wright, under sentence of death
for the murder of.Rogenski, will be hang
ed on May sO,the District Supreme Court
in General Tenn, sustaining the decision
of the Court blow, the prisoner failing tc
prove an alibi 10 the satisfaction of the jury
It is feared hat the appearance in Rome
of number O pilgrims now on their way
from FlorenceWill create disturbance, anC
the garrison his been reinforced.
Three hundAd German immigrants ar
rived in Baltimore on Saturday morning
They left the anne day on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad for Chicago, St. Louis
and Cincinnati.
The Baltimore american says that not
withstanding General Van Buren's solemn
asseveration tothe contrary, it would seen
that there has been corruption at Vienna
and that the Investigation has developed
the fact that money has been paid for spe
cial privileges. The sum of $4,000 was
expended on the roof of the sewing ma
chine department, when its actual cost was
not more than $4,000. It is said that the
money appropriated to the Commission by
Congress ($5OO,0OO) is nearly exhausted
The case of Heslin alias Tucker, who has
figured so conspiculously in the Lampley
murder case, charged with violating tn
|stipulations ofhis pardon from the Pehi
Tertiary, will come up on next Friday
He has Messrs. Q. S. Stanley, Daniel Clarke
and W.. w. w. Bowie as his attorneys.
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General Robert E.JLee.
The last number of the Edinburgh Recies
contains an article On the life of the latt
Gen. Robert Lee, which will eXcit,
much attentio lin Great Britain and viii
be read with ep interest in this country
It embodies a REF but excellent accoun
of the milita career of Gen. Lee, and
noble tribute his character as mai
and christi It concludes with tn
following 80 ae day will come when tn
evil passions gle great civil strife will
sleep in obi bn and North and Soutl
will do Justice 5 each others motives anc
forget each OF wrongs. Then histor,
will speak w clear voice of the deed
done on eithel de, and the citizens of tn
whole Union Justice to the memory o
the dead and ace above all others th
name of the q it chief of whom we hav
written. In Ategy mighty; in battl
terrible; in &C rsity, as in prosperity, (
hero indeed, yh the simple devotion t,
duty and the ri purity of the ideal Chris
tian knight, hSbined all the kingly quail
tiles ola leade men. It is wonderou
future indeed lilies before America
but in her annag u years to~c6nfc, as II
those of the past, there will be found few
names that can rival in unsullied lustrt
that of the heroic defender of his native
Virginia, Robert Edward Lee"
Potomac TulkneI-The Last Brick.
The Gazette of Saturday last says: "Or
the 9th day of August, 1871, Mr.. Thomas
Rutter, the contractor for building the tun
mel ofthe Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
had laid the, first brick in that stupendous
undertaking. The work has been finished
more rapidly than ever known before il
this country, and yesterday. afternoon
shortly after s O'Clock, the last brick of the
arch was laid and the keystoneftted to its
place. Thewhole length of the tunnel is
1880 feet, and $4,000, 900 bricks have beer
used in it's construction, besides the I'M
mense amount of stone for the foundations
and for backing up the walls. The arch
at Fulton street was completed within
two minutes of the time when the keystone
was placed in the face of the arch at Penn
sylvania avenue. The completion Of the
tunnel was the occasion of much rejoicing
among e-workmen, and flag was raised
to- celebrate the event. The tracks ar.
now laid in the tunnel from its opening a
Cathedral street and North avenue up tt
Druid Hill avenue, and only some three
hundred feet of the remainder of the tun
mel are unballasted, and that will be com
pleted within very few days. Excep
the Hoosic, the Baltimore and Potomac
tunnel is the largest in the United States
The first named is about five miles long
and we begun in 1862, and is not yet near
ly completed. The whole work of the Pc
tomac tunnel is of thebest character. The
depot building at Pennsylvania avenue viii
be completed as soon as practicable, bu
before that is finished the trains will b.
passing through the tunnel. Mr.. Fl. Fl
Carter, assistant engineer, has PERSONAL!
supervised the entire work, and it reflects
much credit on all concerned in its con
struction.
An Old Established Firm.
The firm of s. M. Pettengil 6 Co., com
menced their Advertising Agency in thu
old Journal building, No. 10 State street
Boston, nearly a quarter of a century age
February. 1849), where their Agency il
efiII loco to1 oarTUinr ON q laroa and suc