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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
RenuhIican State Nominees.

The Republican State Convention met
at Frederick city on Friday last and NOM
mated Hon. Henry Fl. Goldsborough, OF
Talbot county, for Comptroller, and Hon.
John Fl. Price, of Hartford, for the Clerk
ship of the Court of Appeals. Both these
gentlemen have filed high official posi-
tions in the State, and the ticket is proba-
bly, as strong one as the Radicals could
have nominated. The american says Of
the Convention '7t is the first Republican
Convention in the country this year which
has neglected to condemn the back-pay
grab, and it will inevitably be said that
Washington influence dictated its silence
on this question" We have NO doubt il
will be very justly said so. The strong
endorsement of President Grant-he hav
ing signed the bill which increased his
salary to O0O-would have been incon-
sistent i'm the Convention if it had con.
demned the ''grab."
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
MEETINGS.

THE Republican Voters of Charles
i County are requested to assemble
in PRIMARY MEETINGS, at or near
their usual places of voting,
SATURDAY, September 9th, 1878,
between the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock
P. NJ, and elect Five Delegates to q
COUNTY CONVENTION, to be
held in Port Tobacco, at half-past two
o'clock P. NJ,
WEDNESDAY, October 1, 1873,
to nominates County Ticket. All CT
tizens favorable to REFORM and RE-
TRENCHMENT, in the management
of our county affairs, are cordially in
vited to cooperate in promoting the
same. BY order of the
REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
sep 1876 of Charles County.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
DIED.

Died, September 9Th. 1873, ARDELLA, in
FAINT child of G. FL. and JANE WOOD.
Little darling thou hath left US,
Gone from earth to heaven to dwell,
But with God We'll ever trust thee
ARDELLA, darling, fare-thee-well.
She has gone and we shall miss her,
Miss her dark eyes dancing light,
And her little hands caressing,
And her winning smile so bright.
But, oh God, the mothers anguish,
When above her babe she wept,
AS its little limbs were stifning
In the cruel pangs of death.
Once those rounded limbs were flowing
With the purple tide of life.
But their chillness now would freeze you,
Fearful was the sick ming sight.
Remember, mother, God has called her,
Do not murmur, do not weep,
Your little one is only resting
In a calm and peaceful sleep.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
from the old Aliens Fresh District
ICoMMUNICATED.1

ICoMMUNICATED.l
Mr.. Editor AS the "ISnes man" seems
to be so anxious to know "who the devil
put that notice in the paper" calling the
Registration men, together on the 9th in
slant, and for what purpose the call was
made, please allow me space enough in
your paper, to give him the sought infor-
nation THAT notice. was not, as the
Times man suggests, put in the paper by
zone of our bar men," but by ''registra-
ton man." at the suggestion of another
registration man." who, being lately ap-
pointed to that responsible position, de-
sired to ascertain the most approved meth
cd of discharging4 the duties prescribed
by that miserable piece oflegislative botch-
work known as the Registration Law
Now these two 'registration men" had an
getting all the ''registration men" together
something might be done, or something
suggested, which would tend to elucidate
some of the mysteries and reconcile some
of the inconsistencies of that very ambigu
Gus law. They were also inclined to re-
gard the matter as one of some Importance
that it would have the tendency to perfect
the registration lists, and purify elections
which they really thought were consumma
lions devoutly to be wished. Judge then
Mr.. Editor, if you can, of the surprise :o1
these two 'registration men" when they
were appraised of the fact that they were
the only ''registration men, not perfectly
posted and thoroughly familiar with al
the requirements of the law in question.
l think that the man who put that no.
tice in the paper ought to apologize to
those other registration men" for the in
situations implied by that notice.
The idea of registration man" not be-
ing able to fully comprehend that remark
able piece of legislative ambiguity. Pre-
posterous! Why didn't one ''registration
man" say that he could not even see the
object of the call and considered meeting
of "registration men" "entirely uncalled
for" now, Mr.. Times man, didn't you
think the ''call' was plain enough An
other said damn politics. II think this
call is very foolish thing, and shows a
weakness l am not willing to admit.
Another, in looking through glasses so
frequently, to find the 'notice-giving man,
found the Times man, and then of course
then had to take another look through
those glasses. And yet another didn't
know whether he was registration man
or not,
(Which is why remark, and the reason is
clear,'
there was no meeting of "registration men,
that day. -
Of course an effort to correct and purify
registration lists, and to prevent future
mistakes, was not in part the object OF the
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
POLITICAL NOTICE.

THE Democratic and Conservative
i Voters of Charles County are re-
quested to attend in PRIMARY
MEETINGS., at the usual places of
of voting in their respective Election
Districts, on
SAT URDAY, the 10th dag of Sep
TENDER, 1873, at 3 o'clock, P. NJ,
for the purpose of selecting Ten Dele
gates from each district to represent
themin a COUNTYCONVENTION,
to be held in Port Tobacco, on the fol-
lowing
TUESDAY, the 23d day of Ssptem-
Der, 1878, at II o'clock Il. M,
to nominate candidates for the Legis-
lature and the several county Offices,
to be voted Tor and filled this fall.
JOHN w. MITCHELL,
FRANCIS w. WEEMS,
A. j. SMOOT,
State Central Committee for
Sept. - Charles County.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
Challenge to Fox Hunters-ChaIlemge
From Old Prince Georges.

SA9C ~ EOA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
From Old Prince Georges.
Desiring to test the blood and bottom
OF the different packs of hounds of the
whole country, we call the attention of the
lovers OF the sport and owners of packs to
the following:
Prince Georges huntsmen will run any
county in the United States; or, Prince
Georges, Charles, Anne Arundel and st.
Mary's counties combined challenge the
world. Packs to consist of not less than
torty-seoen nor more than 1itty-tsco hounds
each, hunting fields to be selected within
one hundred miles of Washington, Louis
vile, Boston, New York, New Orleans,
Brighton, England,) Edinboro, (Scot-
land,) and Killarney, Qreland)
We solicit correspondence on the sub
ject, with the view of arranging the terms,
location of fields, etc.
We call the special attention of Haden
T. Trigg, Esq, of Kentucky, and Sir
Stafford Northcote, of England, to the
above. Address
s. T. SUIT,
WnFRED MAREHALL,
BENZ. F. Cross,
Suitland, Prince Georges Co., Md.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
Trouble About Postal Cars.

The american states that ''the complica-
tions on the railroad route between Balti-
more and New York have provoked the in
reference Ofthe Government. The Pennsyl-
vania Company, controlling the New Jer-
sey railroads, have been in the habit of
placing the postal cars in the centre of a
train, and thus making them free to the
passengers as they passed from one car to
another. This is so palpably in violation
of the rules of the Postoffice Department
that orders have been issued to fasten the
doors of the postal cars with United States
mail locks. AS the penalty for opening
or breaking one of these is $4,000, it is ex-
tremely probable that the conductors will
not essay to intrude upon the necessary
privacy which they are designed to pro
tect"
In connection with the aforegoing, we
are reminded that B. & P. R. R. Co. is al
so liable to a brushing up or rubbing
down for the style in which it complies
with the postoffice regulations, in the mat
ter ofour mail transportation. Only COM
mon freight car, on this end of the route
at least, is furnished the agent and his
mails. Baggage, packages, freight-boxes,
bundles and mail pouches are all promiscu-
ously huddled and jumbled together, max
ing an i'll assorted hotch-pot. AS long as
this condition of things continues, it will
be utterly impossible to convey the mails
to and fro with that degree of privacy and
security required by the postoffice regula-
lions and demanded by the rights of the
citizens. In no event is common freight
car the suitable vehicle wherein to trans
port the mails, and it is particularly OBJ
jectionable, when shared in common with
a mass of miscellaneous odds and ends-
A car designed and used for the safe car
rage of the mails, should in no event be
applied to other purposes and least of all
be metamorphosed into kind of "Old Gu
riosity Shop" as is at present the case on
our B. & P. R. r. To say nothing Of the
privacy and safety, with which the mails
should always be carried, the present ar
rangement does not afford the necessary
convenience to the agent who has in care
the asserting and regular delivery of the
pouches.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19

call. Certainly the many blunders made
lately by ''registration men, were not in
the least caused by imperfectly under
standing this masterpiece of legislative
enactment. Of course not.
By the way, Captain, do you not think
that our representatives in the Legislature
which enacted this law, deserve great
credit for the part they took in passing it,
and ought not the forthcoming convention
to nominate them again, or some other L.
gal gentlemen who viii give us all our laws
as perfect as this? Perhaps the Times man
might answer the purpose. Go for him,
gentlemen of the convention, we want
more laws like the Registration Law. The
people want them-"in horn"
REGISTRAR.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
The District Governorship.

Governor Cooke having resigned the
Gubernatorial chair of the District of Co.
lumbia, President Grant has appointed
Hon. A. R. Sheppard to fill the vacated
chair. Mr.. Sheppard has been Vice Presi-
dent of the Board of Public Works, and
second in rank, but first in activity of the
officials of the new District government
since it's organization. The following ex-
tract, in reference to this appointment, is
from the Baltimore Gazette:
The fruit ripens rapidly. 1t does seem
to us-and we are near enough to the scene
to feel deep interest in it-that the &C
ton of the President in his recent appoint
ment of A. R. Sheppard, commonly known
as "the boss of the ring" to the Governor
ship of the District of Columbia, is def
ance of public sentiment, not only without
parallel, but which is strangely signifi-
cant of the sure tendency of things to that
crisis when the contest between the popu-
lar will and that of one man is perhaps, by
rude processes, to be decided. The New
York Herald, which has been always de-
voted personally to the President, thus an
nounces it to its readers: ''For this, no
one is censured but the President, and the
question is asked on every side, rs it his
contempt for public opinion, his ignorance
of the sentiment of the people, or it is his
stolid Indifference, that nerves him to such
action q" These are certainly ugly ques-
tions for friend to ask or answer. The
Herald adds: '"The action of the President
in thus indorsing the conduct of the Board
of Public Works, has done more to con-
vince skeptical Republicans of danger a
head than anything that could have hap
pened, and such is the prevailing senti-
ment reflected tonight in the special dis
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
MARRIED.

At Bethel Church, St. Mary's county, on the
9th inst, by the Rev. ROBERT SMITH, THOMAS
S. TURNER and Miss ROSE GOOD, all of this
county.
At st. Peters Church, Baltimore, on Thurs
day, September 18th, 1873, by the Rev. DR..
GRAMMER, F. ]. MADDOX and Miss REBECCA
D. BURROUGHS, both of this county.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19

patches to nearly every Republican paper
in the United States" Our impression is
that this is not in any way over-stated.-
1t remains tobe seen whether this new out
rage will have greater effect on the Repub-
lican heart than those which have preced-
ed it, or whether there is to be the same
tame acquiescence as has heretofore exist
ed, and which nothing but the Butler ex-
pertinent, and that but locally, has dis
turhed
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
TCoMMUNICATED.1

"Gige me Liberty, or gl0e me deGth."-
Words grand and glorious, which thrill
the arteries, setting the blood on fire
Words which every honest American citi-
zen should be able to proclaim at all times
and under all circumstances household
words which our children should be taught
to reverence and honor, and then no fear
of trusting the men. "Give me the train
ing of the childand 1 care not who teaches
the man." This Sentiment in politics goes
very deep. Have we liberty in conven-
tons; have we freedom of choice and ac-
tions9 I grant we are free to go or not go
in conventions, but once in our freedom is
imprisoned; we Stand manicled, hand and
foot, sworn to support measures and men
whom in our honest convictions are least
fitted for the position to which they are
nominated, for the purposes of conventions
are not to select hose best qualified for
office. We shouN have the privilege and
pleasure of voting for the man of our
choice. Is it not a solemn duty demanded
by your conscience, no less than by the po-
litical welfare our county, to vote for
the man best foF office Ask a con-
7ention man why4e votes for Mr.. So-and-
so for particular position, will he answer
he is the right man for the right place 3
No! Oh, well, he says he is on the nomi-
mated ticket and am bound to support
him Is this not4a thrust that stabs to the
very heart the prosperity of our county;
that renders us liable to misrule at home
and disgust abroad9 The "RingqT has
wrung from us already too frequent" I'M
willing support, and we will have no more
of it, but simply cast our votes as indepen-
dent men of freecountry for the best men,
those whom we can trust at home, and
who will give US credit abroad.
A VOTER
from the old Aliens Fresh District.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
ORDER OF RATIFICATION.

In the Circuit Court for Charles County,
sitting as a Court of Equity.
CAROLINE BURGESS, JOHN B. BURGESS.
and others.
vs..
BENJAMIN F. BURGESS. WAITER M,
BURGESS, and others.
ORDERED, this 18th day of September, 1878,
' that the report of the AUditorin this case be
and the same is hereby ratiAed and confirmed,
unless cause to the contrary be shown on or
before the third Monday Of October next; pro-
vded copy of this order be inserted in the
Port Tobacco Times, newspaper published in
Charles county, once ir each of three success
sive weeks before to the first Monday Of October
aforesaid
GEORGE A. HUNT, Clerk
of C. c. for Charles County.
True copy-Test:
GEO. A HUNT, Clerk.
sep l9-3w
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
~When Patrick Henry uttered Il

When Patrick Henry uttered the
immortal Words ive me Liberty, or giot
me deGth"-he was endeavoring to unite
the American colonists to oppose the ty-
RAINY and wrongs of their enemies; he was
not expanding his patriotic fervor to d.
eide his friends and make them an easy
prey to. their foes. The use of this quota
ton. inAanothez part our paper sounds to
our ears, much like the exclamation of one
about to commit political suicide, who
prefers ''deatd' to ''liberty."
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
LOCAL
Mount Hill Road.

Capt. Wells: I take advantage of your
columns to say to our county fathers that,
for the sum of twelve hundred dollars, I
will grade the Mount Hill road, by way of
the ravine through Mr.. Boswell's land;
gravel thoroughly the bed of the road, and
also put culvert of ample capacity where
the run crosses the present road at the foot
Of the hill. If this proposition is accept
able will make good substantial road,
such as will be satisfactory to the public
and the Commissioners. The sum speci-
fed is, I think, placed at as low figures as
the undertaking and the work to be done
will justify. Respectfully yours,
18th September, 1878. j. S. AMMoN.
We publish above the proposition of
Col. j. S. Ammon, touching a subject in
which we, together with many of our citi-
zens, have for long time taken the great
est interest. Since the construction and
regular operation of the railroad, and the
establishment of Port Tobacco Station on
it's line, the necessity for such road as
Col. Ammon proposes to open has every
day become more and more apparent
Mount Hill has always stood as a serious
obstacle, interfering with the safety and
freedom of business intercourse between
the people of the county. The old saying
that "it is hard to get old wagons out of
old ruts" seems to have realized it's verif-
cation in the apathy which has hitherto
so long oppressed our people in a matter
of so much Importance to them as the con-
struction of good road up Mount Hill.
With the increase of transportation facili-
ties, offered by the railroad, and the conse-
quent impetus given to the development of
our county resources, it has become imper-
atively necessary to keep pace with the
spirit of the times in this respect, and to
establish such conveniences as the require
-ments of the business public may demand.
In our opinion, supported by the views of
others who have considered the subject, it
is far more available and economical to a.
dept the route by way Of the ravine, as
proposed by Col. Ammon, than to under
take to grade and put in permanent repair
the present road. We believe there will
be no objection urged on the part Of the
gentleman whose land it is proposed to
use for tho new road, and we respectfully
call upon our Commissioners to take the
matter into immediate consideration.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19

w"E am an Independent man." says
one. So you may be; but take care that
you do not sacrifice your cherished prin-
ciples in the wild hunt for Office and fet-
ter yourself at last.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
In the Circuit Court for Charles County.
GEORGE W. DOWNING,
BENJAMIN WADE.

NOTICE is hereby given, to all parties inter-
IN csted, that the undersigned, by virtue of a
Commission issued to them from the Circuit
Court for Charles County, in the above CASE
authorizing and empowering them to value and
divide the real estate of which the late Pricey
Ann Downing, of said county, died seized, will
attend on the premises, on MONDAY, the Goth
day of October, 1878, at 10 O'Clock A. M, for
the rpose of executing the same.
JEREMIAH T MUDD,
SYLVESTER MUDD,
GONZAGA G. BURCH,
GEORGE II. GARDINER,
JAMES A. MUDD,
sep l9-td Commits sioneEs.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
"BALTIMoRE, March %, 1878.
Mr.. ORDwAY, 8ergeant-at-Arms

sO16 II00oo y ItoW o00700000V0c0'
Dear SIR: You will please return to be
covered into the Treasury of the United
States the amount of extra pay accruing to
me under the act of March 3, 1878.
Having determined in advance of the
passage of the. bill that would not &C
cept the extra compensation, now form
ally relinquish and release the same to the
United States, and request you to restore
the amount which you hold to my credit
to the Treasury. Witness my hand and
seal. VIM. M. MERRICK."
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19
The Festival i'm Piccawaxen.


Well, the Festival, for the benefit of
William and Mary Parish, came off, &C
cording to appointment, last week. Moth
ing occurred to mar, in the slightest de-
gree, the general enjoyment. Notwith-
standing the skies were threatening thro'
out the day, there was large concourse
of people in attendance. The Times man
was on hand, and appreciates the kind
nesses extended him by the managers of
the occasion. Back again in his old neigh
borhood, among the warm-hearted people
of his boYhood days, wandering through
the vacant room of his old home, and lott
ering, with some congenial friend, through
the thickly foliaged and outrageous
grounds, it was natural he should indulge
a somewhat gloomy retrospect, and that
precious "reminiscences and childhood re-
membranes should well up from the free
flowing fountains of the past. The old
homestead is deserted now, and the lovely
surroundings, which beautifed it in the
Jays of "Auld Lang Syne," have given
place to the wilderness and wild. Neglect
has touched, with heavy hand, the old
lizard Bargain" home. The large and
beautiful garden Of other days, then so
rich in its growth, and then, too, always
in season, blooming with rarest flowers,
that so ladened the air with the fragrance
of their richest perfume, is now overgrown
with dense masses of tangle-weed and
matted over with vast quantities of the
choicest, yet now most neglected, shrub
berry. 1t was with feelings of reverential
fervor that each well-remembered haunt,
nook and corner, and each familiar spot
was visited, for each and all recalled some
half forgotten incident and filled anew,
with welcome, memories of the dead past,
| the silent chambers of the brain. Of all
this, however, we started not to speak, and
trust the depression may be pardonable in
one who felt like pilgrim at the shrine
of his earlier youth, and was, that day, a
stranger in the halls Of his. old home, for
truly
sup starts at every step, to claim a tear,
Some little friendship formed and cherished
there,
And not the slightest leaf but trembling teens
With golden visions and romantic Dreams"
Among those whom we met, and whose
friendly hand it was our privilege to shake
was the Rev. Mr.. Todd, the modest and
Jealous rector of the parish. His friends
will be pleased to hear he is looking well
and still toiling faithfully in the vineyard.
To the lovely ladies and the go-a-head
gentlemen managing the affair great credit
is due for the attention they gave, and the
success which rewarded their Efforts
Liberal contributions were made by gen
tlemen in Baltimore, and the appeal for
help was needed, in substantial way, by
Mr. Charles Worthington, agent for, and
Capt. Harper, master of, the "old Column
bia.n