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Miscellany.
From the Home Journal.
Life in Japan.
BY PROFESSOR WILLIAM e. GRIFFIs.

The lonoes, unbroken stretch of water
statedly traversed by the keel of steamer
or sailing vessel lies between Caliioroia
and Japan. The floating city which leaves
its dock in Sap Francisco at noon on the
first day Of each month pulses across foul
thousand miles of ocean, from which rises
no island harbor or reef. Nothing amid
all the crowding triumphs of the genius
aud power Of man SO lmpresses the reflect.
ing mlnd as the thought of that mighty
ark, which, by the magnet and the stars,
is guided in safety to the desired haven.
Without Noah, without dove CT olive
leaf, freighted with bird, beast, and fish,
and often with thirteen hundred human
souls, over food Of waters that cover a
world beneath alone for weeks, that ark
floats on, at the bidding of the master.
Twenty-seven days in the solitudes Of
the sea seem long to the boy Of this de-
cadc, who crosses the Atlantic's thousand
leagues in nine days. and the New World
in week. Even to the staid adult, whose
stomach is sea~orthy, whose appetite is
like whetted saw. who meets hest Of
genial fellow birds of passage and finds
officers who will answer questions. who dis.
covers new and reliable books III the ships
library, and who delights In the study OF
steerage ethnology, yearns in his secret
soul for the sight Of land again. Even
the ocean scenery, though like Gods mer.
cics. new every mornlng and fresh every
evening, pals on the eye, and loses its
glory before the thoughts OF the crowded
city IN which comforts cluster and pleas.
ures bloom. The waves that daily cradle
the infant sun and pillow his dying splen.
dor, and the etfulgence of the cavernous
sunsets. would be gladly exchanged for a
patch of farm or the sober glory Of a wide
spreading oak. Often, indeed, the mono
tony of the voyage is relieved by meeting
Que of the company's steamers. 1t the
weather be fair. the pillar Of cloud, or the
long thin scarf Of black smoke afar off, is
the harbinger Of the coming ship. The
exchange Of newspapers and tho sending
homeward Of letters are accomplished, to
the intense delight of passengers jaded
with ennui; but the meeting OF steamers
in mid-occan Is, strange to say, matter
of dislike to certain class ofpersons. who.
in spite of all preventive precautions,
kced up their existence. We refer to the
s.stow.aways," one or two Of whom are
found on nearly every steamer that leaves
the shores Of either continent They
sneak on board the big ship while in port,
and are driven from their lair. whco Al,
sea, by hunger When first discovered.
the inquisitor Of the ship--the pnrser--
uses all his skill to exort the full passage
money Ifnot forthcoming, the "siowa'
way is consigned to purgatory e. the
| Gre room. aud compelled 10 pass coal and
feed the fires. This process rcfines his
feelings 40 far that the ''dross" is pro.
duced, if on the victims person. 1t he
refuses to do duty. his fare being still un'
paid, he is put in irons, but by passing
through purgatory he is saved" from
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|. DWINNELL,
Deputy Sheriff, Auctioneer and Detcotive
Hyde Park, Vermont.
All calls promptly attended to.
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DEPUTY SHERIFF and AUCTI0NEER,
Hyde Park, Vermont =,
Faithful attention will be paid to all busiaoss
)f this nature.
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Hotels.
SHAM'S HOTEL,

HARDwICK HOTEL,
BRENNAN BROS, Proprietors. Hardwick; W.
The house has been thoroughly rettted. Uon
7oyance to any part of the country at short notce
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-03-13
The Death of senator SIMMER.

Senator Charles Sumner, Of Nsssachu'
sets, died at his residence in Washington
| city on wednesday. Although long III
impaired health, his speedy death had not
been anticipated, but on Tuesday his all
mcnt took sudden and alarming turn
ending his career shortly before L. NJ
The following remarks are from the Balti-
more Sun:
For twenty-three years Mr.. Sumner has
in part represented Massachusetts, IN the
| United States Senate. and ne has been q
prominent actor in some ofthe most famous
phases of American political history. Ar
raging himself in theory ut the outset a
gainst an institution existing in portion
| of the country under the sanctities of the
constitution, and steadfcstly propagating
a sentiment which ultimately grew and
| developed aggrcssively until that institu
| ton went down in the throes of a terrible
war. it is probable that few men have made
a deeper impress upon the page of our his
| tory than Mr.. Sumner, and fewer still have
| lived to realize so thoroughly the incon
veniences of political fame dimmed by thai
certain apparent loss of caste which befe
his latter days. In the pursuit of his ear
| ly ambition he was so far beyond the time
that nothing short of the civil war which
interviewed could have rendered his opin
ions of any immediate practical import
ance, and it scenes also in his more re
cent history his hand was again stretched
| forth too far into utopia for the uses anC
advantages of the practical present. He
| had attained his ambition in many things
but thwarted also in many others and he
goes to the grave victor vanquished IL
lis later struggles, yet with all the pres
tige of former triumphs around him. He
was not a man of surprising intellectual
power; he was merely ripe scholar His
great learning and lis studious habits gave
him position as a statesman which he
could not have occupied if lie had mad SC
little opportunity for self culture as some
of the ADLER but less scholarly men with
whom he was brought in contact. But
whatever shortcomings belonged to Mr.
Sumner, no man ever charged him with
dishonesty. He is dead Death, the lev
eler, will remove from the minds OF all any
antipathies or hostilities that may have
existed; many there be who will mourn his
loss as a benefactor and all will unite In
in a national tribute of sympathy at the
passing away of public man who has so
long been conspicuous in our councils,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-03-13
New Hampshire Elections.

The New York World of Wednesday
says: "Our dispatches from New Hamp-
shire record the election of Weston for
Governor, of three Democratic councillors
Of the five, of a probable Democratic ma
jority of the Senate and possibly Demo
cratic majority of the House.
This signal triumph has been won over
the double headed opposition of the Re
publicans and the Liquor Prohibitionists
an opposition rendered ali the more for
midable this year by the widespread agi-
tation of the liquor question" and the
fact that McCutchins, the Republican can
didate for Governor, was in favor of the
existing prohibitory statute. AS usual.
Democratic voters ranged themselves or
the side Of common sense.
1.-The large vote and splendid gains of
the party IN yesterdays election prove not
only the vitality of the indomitable De
mocracy but the steady recovery of old re-
cruits back from the Republican ranks"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-03-13
DortG obQrro Gintes
A Faithful Officer INDICATED.


Some of our readers will, perhaps, recol-
lect that at the assemblage, last FIJI, O.
those hungry individuals, who styled them
selves "lndependent Democrats" amongst
the mass OF twaddle in the shape Of reso
lutlons offered by one of our prospective
statesmen, was resolution declaring 'sas
emlnently deserving of indignant cendem-
nation that unconstitutional act of the last
Legislature, whereby, under the deeeitfuI
plea of allowance for additional clerk hire
and travelling expenses, the salary of the
Comptroller was increased to $5,OOO,'
whilst it was limited by the Constitution
to $4,000. We did not notice the resolu
ton at the time specifically, because we
could not for moment believe that Col
Woolford needed any vindication by US
He had been too long known to the peo-
pie OF the State as an honest man and 8
prudent officer, who had managed the fl.
nances of the State with an eye single to
the public good. And we would not be-
lieve that, for the sake of paltry So, 800
he was going to blast character acquired
by life time of integrity. So we dismiss
Ell the matter, supposing that our young
Talleyrand from Hughesville either had
some personal motive for attacking the
Comptroller, or that, being in the chrysalis
Republican state, he naturally enough sup
posed that Col WooIford, having the OPP
portunity to swindle the State out of the
$4,000 appropriated to be expended in
travelling expenses, &c, had of course
done so.
We should not have alluded to this sub
ject now but that Mr.. Brace, Republican,
of Allegany, substantially revived these
same charges in the House of Delegates
Afterwards the matter was referred to the
Committee of Ways and Means for investi-
cation, and who, after thorough exami-
nation Of the books and vouchers in the
office, made their report, which is tri-
umphant vindication of the Comptroller
and of the Democratic party which elected
this faithful officer for third term. Col
Woolford ought to be grateful to his enc
mics for thus laying bare the economy and
industry with which his office has been
administered.
We publish the report of the committee
in full on another page. as due to the
Comptroller and our party in this commu-
nifty, where these charges were made. The
report speaks for itself, and we need say
nothing in explanation or by way of COM
ment, except to call the attention of our
readers to the fact that in 1872, out Of this
famous $4,000, the Comptroller only ex
pended s33 so, leaving balance of 81
466 SO, and for the year 1878 only $237 AZ,
leaving balance of $2,262 So, showing
balance of the $4,000, appropriated for the
past two years, yet in the Treasury. of 81,
1923 OS. Doubtless such honesty is beyond
the comprehension of the Radicals.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-03-13

oRITU AIRY,

Departed this life, February l4th, -ls74,
MARY R, COVELL, wife of JOHN D. CoyELL,
aged Al years and II days, leaving behind her
a fond and devoted husband and three affec-
tionate children to mourn their loss.
She was an atfeotonate wife and mother, and
devoted to the care of her family. She seemed
to be always impressed with her duty to her
Heavenly Father, and took great pains in inn
pressing on the minds of her children the duty
of praying, and their dependence on Almighty
God She tried to fill her place as wife and
mother to the beat of her ability, aud frequent.
ly during her last illness she expressed herself
as being anxious to depart and be with her
Heavenly Father who so loved her "as to give
His only begotten Son Christ Jesus, our Re-
deemer, to die in her stead" May her husband
and children so live in this probationary world
that they may be admitted together with the
departed in that better world, where sin and
sorrow ueer enters, and where parting is no
more. ..
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-03-13
Exemption from Distraint.

A bill has been introduced into the Leg
islature exempting from distraint the sum
of one hundred dollars of the tenants pro-
perty. Undoubtedly this law, if passed,
will have most injurious effect upon the
settled customs of our community, and
bear with great harshness and hardship
upon that class of men who with small
means are endeavoring, by renting lane,
to improve their condition and elevate
themselves in the social scale. Its effects
cannot but be most disastrous to them
In view of this law landlords will I'M
doubtedly require security, other than the
crops to be made. for the rent of their land.
The poor and industrious renter and work
er of land, having friends and relatives
only in the class to which he belongs and
as poor as himself, cannot furnish the Sc
eurity which the landlord, in justice to
himself, must require. And what will be
the result9 The poor man must live, must
feed his wife and children. and to do this
he cannot be idle. He therefore must do
the next best thing. He has no trade but
that Of deliver Of the soil, and he must still
dig his living out of the earth. He can
not give security for the rent of the land
and. therefore, he hires himself to the land
lord as day laborer-as mere"hewer OF
wood and drawer of water"-on such terms
as will afford him scanty subsistence and
keen the wolf from the door. All hope OF
everrising above this coadition must be
abandoned. And with loss o. ambition
comes apathy, and then follows sloth and
degradation. until he gradually sinks into
the condition of a mere serf All such
laws are productive of but one result
throwing obstacles in the way of the poor
man, under the specious pretext of better
ing his condition.
Many men in our community, white
and black, who heretofore had been mere
day laborers are now, by dint of their own
industry, and the favorable terms they
are enabled to make with landlords, be-
cause of the protection afforded the latter
by present laws, rising steadily from their
former poverty stricken condition into one
Of comparative competence and indepen-
dence. And we had fondly looked to the
day. and believed it not far off, when this
class ofmen, becoming in turn landowners,
would, by purchase, necessarily cause the
unduly large estates to be divided into
small farms, thereby adding largely to the
general prosperity through increased acre
age in cultivation and of course increased
product No one, we presume, unless
some antedeluvian fogy, will deny that
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-03-13

our present slip-shod mode of cultivating
raise the product we ought to get from
fifty, is either economical or money MAX
ing. Few farmers here who own and cul-
tivate farms Of four to five hundred acres
make $4,000 year or anything like it
Indeed, they consider themselves lucky If
they succeed in max ing both ends meet,
and give their families decent support and
their children a smattering of the rudi-
ments of education-"this and nothing
more" Then, if under present laws men
of industry, but without other capital, can
rent and work land on their own account
at profit, we say it is decidedly to the
advantage OF the large landowner. And
if, in addition to this, tenants are enabled
to accumulate a little, so that they too may
in a few years become the owners of small
farms, we say Its a contamination de
voutly to be wished" not only because it
will add to our material prosperity, but be
CAUSE tlc HlOIdi aiI lntCiiCItu 1i Sotlt'ili'ii
of the humber classes will be so much
elevated and improved.
In the North the man who owns forty
acres of land has fortune: he works his
land on the rotation system, in corn, wheat
oats and grass. and makes easily from
$4,000 to $4,000 per annum-one acre pro-
ducing often more than we raise from fifty
Why is this2 The land is no better than
ours-wages are not as low-the season for
worE, and securing crops are short, and
the winters longer and more severe, yet
they raise more stock and better, than we
do. And you never see that peculiar con
dition, SO often witnessed in our pet beasts,
which are allowed the freedom of the coun-
ty, and which results in their being SO free
from flesh that they cast no shadow. All
this we h id hoped to sec changed; and to
have seen the day when our county would
be divided into moderate sized farms with
every acre in q high state of cultivation
when the pines would be confined to the
forest, and broom-sedge should live only
in our memory; when gates and crow-laws
should be abolished, and farmers learn that
he who makes two blades of grass to grow
where one grew before is benefactor to
the human race. But if our Legislature is
to be eternally tampering with and unset
ting our laws. which the wisdom of a
thousand years" has approved, we have no
hope of any thing much. If our Republic
things of the past, and Macauley's traveller
from New Zealand should stand beneath
the discovered dome of the Capitol. his
truthful epitaph would be-"died of too
much Legislation"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-03-13

20. The tone of the New England Re
publican press strongly intimates that a
peaceable political revolution is in pro
gress there, which will be accomplished
almost as soon as il is begun. The New
York Sun says, it looks as though the
main body of Republicans in that quarter
were making ready to slide out en- mosse
from under Grant and Butler. 1t appears
as though Butler. own personal following
in Massachusetts would be, very soon, all
that is left of the Administration party
proper in all New England
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-03-13

;WThe passive spirit in which the in
cursions of the temperance crusaders was
first received in the West seems to be dis
appearing as the movement loses its nov
city, and those engaged in it run great risk
ofinsult. At Jacksonville, Ind. woman
sailed forth from a besieged saloon and
knocked down one of the women engaged
in praying. Afterwards water was thrown
upon them, dispensing them.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-03-13
Lines on the Death of Willie Cash.
BY C. H. PosEY.
lille, thou hath left us,
hrnGa, l,ca

Willie, thou hath left us,
We regret thy broken life,
Link by link twas severed
Death has won the fearful strife.
He has gone, and in the spring time.
When lite's promises were bright;
To youth, and hope, and happiness,
There has come a sudden blight.
And in the silent church-yard
They have laid him down to sleep,
Among his kindred dead ones;
Kind friends We may not weep.
But, alb me! tbs sad to ponder
DER life thus early run
SO kind, so good and cheerful;
But our Saviour will be done.
You'll bend your head in sorrow
Above his lonely grave,
But then, kind friends, remember,
Christ died his soul to save.
We have parted from thee, Willie,
And more we may not see
Thy pleasant, winning manners
That endeared us all to thee.
Farewell, long goodbye to thee
Lite's happy dream has fled,
Thou art laid away forever
In thy dark and narrow bed.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-03-13

The election in Camden, New Jer-
sey, on Tuesday resulted in the choice OF
John H. Jones, Democrat, for Mayor by Al
majority. The Republicans elect the Re-
corder by about 800 majority, and the
Democrats the Receiver of Taxes by AL
majority. The Democrats elect five of
eight Councilmen. This is the first time
the Democrats have been successful in four
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-03-13

The Ways and Means Committee
at Washington are still engaged in hear
ing the testimony of merchants as to the
revenue spies and moieties. A most OPP
pressive and iniquitous state OF things has
been brought to the full light Of cay, and
it is said that even the committee are Sur
prised and startled, and it takes great
deal to surprise and startle such body.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-03-13

Heavy SHOWS are reported on the
line of the Pacific Railroad. Several
trains have been stopped at the Rocky
Mountains
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-03-13

The conduct of some negro jurymen
in Orangeburg, S. c., shows that Judge
Carpenter was amply justified in dismissing
whole panel of them for lack of intellect.
y negro named Brown,in the employ of Mr..
S. d. Guess, shot himself through the heart
while no person was near. An inquest
was held, verdict of accidental death re-
turned, and the man buried. The other
nearoes of Orangeburg were not satisfied,
however, but arrested Mr.. Guess in very
rough manner on a charge Of killing
Brown. The proof was clear that Mr..
Guess was in his house at the time of the
occurrence, but "a Jury composed entirely
of negroes were within one or. two of an
agreement on verdict of murder in the
first degree. Fortunately two ofthem in
telligent enough to understand the testi-
mony held out and saved Guess.