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Maryland Legislature.

FEIDAY-ln the Senate. the s500O0o State loan hin
was passed including authority 10 sell the bonds M
the baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company ID BE-
paid ON behalf ofthe conproiSe settlement fetye,
the state and the railroad company Fxcenf n tn
Sr{ sPeciai appropriations the general appropri-
anon Dill Tor ISL was passed. The judicial t,ro.
eeedings committee reported the Blair electoral
commission resolutions without recommendation
Favorable report was made on the bill AUTHORIZING
the Point Lookout Railroad Company 10 purchase
the franchises Of the Southern MARYLAND Raflrnad
ooiA paAis; ihs spring Grove Asylum bill was
passed The Judiciary committee made a lengthy
Iepori g 70 striking the word white from the
In the House the bill to enable the Issue Of new
bonds oy the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
was reeommitted 70 the committee Of ways and
means Inc enactlng clause of the State Normal
school bill was stricken out and the bill thus yirtli
ally killed The bill 20 prevent killing unseaSon-
ao s pa.sLluses NoOaeocks and other small game
was engroSsed for 4 third reading. The local OBJ
non bill Tor 81 Mary's, Washington and Prince
eorge counties was lost for lack Of constitutional
a senate Dill was passed 10 repeal the
pension laws of Maryland The state tax levy was
liked atls1z cents on the 500.
sAIukDAl.-Ihe proceedings were characterized
chiefly by the passage OF the appropriation bills 10
cover the expenses OF the State government for the
two years and nine months and the increase of the
state taxes from ia cents ON the 500 10 ls5 cents
the addition Of one and a-half cent having been
Llie 20 prosiue Tor the loan of half million OF
dollars for the relief OF the State treasury
MoNDAY.-ln the Senate among the bills PASSED
were the Observation-Disclosures the Point Lookout
railroad company % purchase the franchises OF the
Southern Maryland Railroad: authorizing the STATE
treasurer 10 accept the scrip of the Reading railroad
tol lhusDAeuLe 20 the state by the Iidewater Canal
Som pauy The bill 10 pay for the new furniture OF
the state House was passed-yeaS a. NAYS : Mr.
Bairs resolution TO President Hayes title TO his
high office first failed in the Senate for the want OF
constitutional majority but was subsequently, re-
considered and passed The Senate vote was II To
In the House. the thanks Of the House were ten
dered 10 Speaker Hoblitzell The Reading railroad
scrip bill was passed also the bill for furnishing tn
state House The bill securing the easement through
certain lands OF the oil pipeline also passed
and bill authorizing Baltimore city 10 subsribe 10
the capital stock Of the So-called Delaware nd
Maryland ship canal The bill amendatory Of the
act 10 regulate coal mining in Alegany and Garrett
counties was passed. The Senate bill amendatory
OF the charter OF the Spring Grove Hospital for the
Insane was also passed, which merely declares IL a
State institution, and separates the trtasrershin
from the Office Of superintendent
Bo'h Houses adjourned ut l. o'clock p. m
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Assassination of the Earl of Leitrim.

The following particulars of the assassina-
ton OF the Earl of Leitrim and his clerk and
driver, were telegraphedfrom Dublin, Ireland.
to the London Times, on the I'd instant The
Earl of Leitrim left his residence, at Milford.
shortly before eight O. clock yesterday morn
ing, and was driving on an outside car 10
Derry to meet his solicitor. He always car.
ried arms. Ii is supposed that the assassins
concealed themselves behind low embank.
ment, between the road and plantation. and
that, having first shot the Earl of Leitrim.
they shot the clerk and driver, so that there
might be no witnesses. The driver was shot
IN the mouth, the ball ranging upward, and
the clerk behind the ear, both probably at
close quarters. His Lordship's valet was
driving about mile behind, and on coming
up found his master and the clerk lying dead
on the road. Life was still in the driver.
The assassIns meanwhile escaped in a boat
across Mulroy Bay. The valet drove back to
Milford and alarmed the police, who, coming
to the place, found the driver still alive, but
unconscious. He died shortly afterwards
There Is no doubt that the murder was agra.
ran. The relations between the Earl of
LeItrlm and his tenants were uuiriendly. His
Lordship was kind and liberal to the poor
but was very particular and exacting in his
dealings with his tenantry, visiting with un-
sparirg severity The slightest infraetion of the
rules of the estate. The Ribbon Society
have strong hold upon the country, owing
IN great measure to his harshness. He
had an iron will, which disregarded alike ap
Peals or menaces, and he possessed extraor-
binary courage and perseverance in the pur-
suit of his purposes.
The Times, in an editorial on the assassi-
nation, says: ''It is no exaggeration to say
that the news of the murder of the Earl Of
Leitrim, which caused profound sensation
IN the House of Commons yesterday, when
confirmed by the Irish Secretary, has struck
TINS country with as much pain and amaze
ment as an unprovoked declaration of war
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MARYLAND AND THE PARIS ExPosIrIox.-
The Baltimore Sun says Among the last
things done in the Legislature of Maryland
before its adjournment was the adoption OF
an unfavcrabe report made by Senator Mil
Ter, of Cecil, from the committee on federal
relations, against the bill authorizing the Gov.
ernor to appoint ten unpaid commissioners
to represent Maryland at the Paris exposition
1t is stated that there are only FIVE exhibitors
from this State at the Paris exposition.
viz Louis McMurray & Co., canned fruit
and oysters; Phillip w. Zipp, tanner and cur
rier of dressed skins and leather; Charles NJ.
Stietf, manufacturer of pianos; Daniel Rem
damn, photographs, and the Taylor Manuiac-
turing Company of Westminster. The United
States government has appointed three COM
missioners from the State. One of these, who
is paid, is Mr.. I. B. Ferguson, fish commits
sioner, who will exhibit the products of the
Chesapeake bay and the progress we have
made in the artificial propagation of fish.
The other government commissioners from
Maryland are honorary. They are State
Senator Robert NJ. McLane and Dr. Thos.
Buckler, who makes Paris his residence a
very large part Of the time
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MARRIED.

In St. Paul's Reformed Church. this CITY, on
the 18th ultimo, by Rev j. G.. Moss, Mr.
John Y. Brown and Miss Re5ecca Unger.
On the 24ih ultimo, at ST. Johns Lutheran
Parsonage, Taneytown, by Rev. Z. J. Metz
Ter, Mr.: fillmore S. Bowers, of this county,
aud Miss Lydian A. Harner, of Mountioy
twp Adams county, Pa.
On the 26th ultimo, by the same, Mr.. David
j. Ninlrode, of this county, and Miss Ellen
B. +. V; Murray, of MOuntjoy twp, Adams
county, Pa.
On the 18th ultimo, at the residence of the
brides parents, in Liberty, Frederick county.
by the Rev. A. Shulenberger, Daniel S. Rad
cliff and Miss Margaret CARRIER, both of
Liberty.
On the 18th ultimo, in Baltimore, by the
Rev. /. Il. Lewis, Louis p. Englar, Of this
county, and Miss Laura v, eldest daughter
of Isaiah Devilbiss, of Frederick county.
On the 18th ultimo, at the residence of the
bride, Elhanan w. Dotterer, of Frederick
county, and Hiss Hannah A. Senseney. Of
this county.
On the 4th instant, at the Reformed Church
Parsonage, by Rev. J. g. Moss, Mr.. Henry
L. Arbaugh and Miss Elizabeth A. Eickhorn,
both of this city.
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ENGLAND AND RUssiA.-Should
British alliance with Austria be effected
it is said that Russia can put more men
in the field than England and Austria
combined. The terrible power of the
torpedo has rendered England's naval su-
premaey nugatory to great extent, so that
she would be at disadvantage with Rus
sia on land, while her naval armament
would be less potent than formerly. Eng
land has engaged no first class power sim
gle-handed, within the present century.
If she engages Russia without the coop
Grafton of any other power, she may ex-
peet to be badly Torsted, lose her military
prestige and sink to mere seeond-rate
power, where, 10 fact, she actually belongs.
She has been trading for over siXty years
as military power upon her successes
under Wellington, ard has managed to
appropriate the glory to herself, giving
little or no credit to the powers which
co-opcrated with her in the stirring cam
paign against the Corsicap tiger, at the
head of the victorious legions of France.
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HIS LoRDsHIP's CAPER.-His Lordship,
the winner of the Chantilly races last year,
who was bought by Mr.. August Belmont, for
1900 francs, while being exercised b. Budd
Taylor, in Sixth avenue, near Forty-second
street, New York, on Monday, was frightened
by q section car on the Gilbert Elevated
Railroad, and, throwing his rider, ran down
the avenue. At Forty-first street, a woman
stood in the street. The horse leaped over
her. She was unconscious when picked up.
Roundsman Price tried to stop the horse at
Fortieth street but was knocked down. Near
Fifth avenue, John Mcclure was driving one
of the New York Transfer Company's wagons.
The horse made a spring and landed in the
wagon. Then he began to kick, knocking
McGuire senseless. The express horse fell,
and the wagon was smashed. Roundsman
Price and Officer Savage then sprang into
the wagon aud dragged the horse from it.
The horse was badly cut.
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FREDERIcK COUNTY ITEMs.-The Libert,
Banner, of last week. saws:
On the 18th instant. Mr.. .Toseph Wilhelm
fell from mill wagon running between Mid.
dletown and Burkittsvlle, when one of the
wheels passed Immediately over his head,
crushing his skull and killing him instantly.
Tn the 2Oth instant, during a quarrel be.
tween Grandus Galloway and Sarah Hunter
both colored, near Burkittsville, the former
cut the latter with butcher knife. inffictine
severe wound, and Sheriff Richardson now
provides for him.
Last week Mr.. Samuel Glisan, shot, on
Linganore, swan that measured six feet
from tip to tip of wings, and weighed twelve
pounds.
Rev. Francis Jones, an old and we'll known
eolored man residing near Mt. Pleasant.
dropped dead on Monday last. We have not
learned the correct age of the deceased, but
suppose he was about ninety years of age.
DIR. Jeringham Boone, of Buekeystown,
met with serious injury last week. He
was on his return from visiting a patient. and
had got out of his buggy to open a swinging
gate, and after he had led his horse through.
the gate suddenly swung around and fright.
ened his horse. The Dr. was thrown down
and trodden on after which the horse ran
away aud broke the buggy to pieces Union
On Sunday night last the warehouse o /
Jordan, Graham & Reamer, at Berlin. Pc
tersviile district, was broken into, and the iron
safe carried out into the coal yard. broken
open and SIX hundred dollars in silver stolen.
There was about six thousand dollars in paper
money in a secret drawer, which was not re-
moved, Three negroes, Peyton Brown, FL
zie Griggs and Thomas Hall, have been
lodged IN Jail on suspicion of having com.
mitted the robbery. When arrested thew
were in the act of leaving home prepared for
tramp. Two of the prisoners are but re.
cent y out of the penitentiary. Brown has lust
concluded his term for stealing, and Griggs
having served term for an assault with in
tent to kill a man in the Districtof Columbia.
The money has not been recovered, the pris.
oners refusing to divulge its hiding place
Times
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Political Notes.
The elections in St. Joseph and Kansas
Civ. Mo-. have gone Demncrntic

The elections in St. Joseph and Kansas
City, Mo-, have gone Democratic.
In Schenectady, n. Y, Tuesday, the Dem.
majority.
Milwaukee has elected a Democratic CITY
ueket by from 800 to SOC majority The Re
publlcans gained several Aldermen and Su.
pervisors.
The local election in Chicago was held
Tuesday. Returns from Is of the Is wards
indicate the election of nine Democratic
Couneilmen, five Republicans, and one Com
munist.
The Supreme Court of Louisiana decided
the Anderson case Monday by issuing an
order refusing rehearing and declaring that
the Judgment of the Court stands undistnrbed.
On tins order the prisoner was released.
General Grant writes to St. Louis friend
and says, referring to the newspaper reports
OF his possible temperance in the political
held, that did labor under the impression
that after finishing his old-word travels he
would spend the remainder of his DAYS in
quiet.
The election in Rhode Island took Mace
on Wednesday, and resulted in the reelection
OF Charles G. Nanzandt, Republican, fer Gov
ernor, by an increased majority, over the
Democratic and Greenback candidates. The
Prohibitionists supported Vanzandt. The
Legislature Is Republican by the usual ma
Jority. Vanzandt's majority is reported at
5000, against al last year.
Local elections were held in Ohio and In.
diana on. Monday. The returns indicate n
light vote In Ohio, the Republicans car
red Cleveland, Portsmouth, Athens, Mount
Vernon, Delaware, Bellefontaine and Cam.
bridge, and the Democrats Columbus. Day.
ton, Hamilton, Springfield, Toledo, Newark
and Urbana. In Cincinnati the Democrats
elected all but one of the city officers by from,
900 to 1900 majority, the exception being
Baker, the Republican candidate for member
OF the Board of Public Works, who was chosen
by majority Of 300. The Council IS Re.
publican, the Board of Aldermen Democratic.
In Indiana, the Republicans carried India
na.polis and Richmond; the Democrats Evans
vile. In several places n the latter State the
National party showed unexpected strength;
they carried the city of Terre Haute by ls7 to
$50 majority over both the ether parties, and
also carried eight Of the twelve townships in
the pountv "
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-04-06

INTERESTING DEcIsIoX.-ln baltimore, on
Friday of last week, question of considera
bic interest was decided by Judge Pinkney in
the City Court. Justice of the Peace Bone
had issued an attachment on a Judgment of
over three years standing, which had not
been revived by sci. ia. The defendant. by
bis counsel, J. Q. A. Jones, contended that
the act of 1874, chapter $50, which authorizes
courts of law TO issue attachments or exeeu.
tions on judgments at any time within twelve
years OF the date Of the judgment or expira-
ton OF the stay does not apply to judgments
rendered by Justices of the peace. Judge
Pinkney sustained this view, quashed the at
tachment and reversed the decision of the
justice, saying that justices of the peace must
be governed by the act of 1862, chapter 2g2,
which requires judgments after three years to
be revived by sci. ia, and is now repealed rs
TO justices OF the peace.
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The BELL PUSCH SYsTEM.-The Phiadel-
phia Press expresses the opinion that the
introduction in that city of the liquor bel
punch would probably cover the whole cost
of supporting the almshouse and house oil
correction, as well as the public schools. II
the liquor traffic cannot be suppressed, it may
at least be made to contribute to the reduc.
ton Of the taxation resulting from abuses for
which it is responsible.
Judge Christian, the newly-appointed Judge
of the Housings Court at Richmond, Va.
includes the Moffet register law in his first
charge to the grand jury He will send to
the jury the names of all dealers in liquor
charged with not obeying that law. He in
formed the jury that he would refuse to re-
new the licenses of many persons unless their
returns were much larger than those hereto
fore made. The failure of the liquor seller
TO ''turn the crank" subjects him to fine OF
not less than $50 nor more than 500.
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Latest Foreign News.

Fridays papers contain the following -
The decided expression of Austrian sympathy
with the English position on the Eastern aues.
ton is attributed to the unexpectedly broad
views expressed in Lord Salisbury's circular.
Though the cabinet may have understood the
matter, it is stated the Austrian people at first
believed that England would object only to
such articles of the treaty of st. Stefano as
affected her own Interests. 1t is now diseov-
cred from Lord Salisbury's circular that
England embraces the interests of Austria
also, and 1t is even asserted with some enthu.
siasm in Vienna that ENGLAND is champion
ing international rights. - The pro- English
tone Of portions of the German press eontin-
mes to indicate what is held to be the tenor
of Prince Bisniark' sentiments, yet strong
pro- Russian party still exists in Berlin. The
German iron-clad feet, it is said, will pro-
coed to the East in May. In England the
anti-war party has become weakened by the
strain of the crisis upon its patriotism, and
sixty or sesenty liberal members of Parlia-
ment have given adhesion to a movement to
prevent the party from trammeling the gov
ernment's foreign policy. 1t is asserted in
Constantinople that the conversion of the
Sultan to ro-Russian ideas is imminent.
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The internal revenue receipts for March
were 81 200 900 less than for the CORES
ponding month, last year. The receipts
for the past eight months show a falling
of, compared with the corresponding
months Of last year, of s5,5OO,OOO. The
financial embarrassmeDts of our people en-
force economy, they cannot buy of the
merchants aud the merchants import to u
very limited extent. Consequently the
receipts at our customhouses are short.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-04-06

The New York Chamber of Commerce
have passed resolutions calling for reforms
in the laws of commerce and navigation,
and against the transfer of the life-saving
service from the Treasury to the Navy
Department, as proposed by Senator Sar.
gents bill, and recommending the passage
of MIR. Roberts bill now before Congress
on the matter.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

Rev. Geo. F. Earring, the retiring junior
pastor OF tinksburg Circuit, will deliver his
farewell sermons on Sabbath, April Tth, at
100 O'Clock, a. m, at Sandy Mount. and 3
o'clock, p. m. at Deer Park Church. The
public are invited.
The Lords Supper will be administered at
Trinity Reformed Church, Manchester, Sun.
day morning, the 18th instant. Services in
English and German. Preparatory service
Saturday afternoon.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-04-06

THE WAR NEws.-Rumors of war and
rumors of peace alternate daily, and chase
each other in rapid succession over the
Atlantic telegraph, until the intelligent
reader is forced to the conclusion that the
purveyors for the press in Europe are but
poorly informed as to the true state of the
case between Russia and England and
the other powers interested in the settle
ment of the so-called Eas ern Question.
The truth is, it is their business to write,
and if facts are not accessible, they in
dulge in speculatiOns. Foreign advices,
therefore, should be received with many
grains of caution
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-04-06

The Mountain Seatiael, weekly news
paper published at Cumberland, has sus-
pended. 1t is not hard task to start a
newspaper, but it is very hard to sustain
one, as many adventures in journalism
baye discovered to their cost. They spring
up like mushrooms, on every hand, and
after brief aud siekly existence disap-
pear, leaving their patrons minus.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-04-06

A caucus of Republican Senators, called
for the purpose Of harmonizing the differ
ences with the President, was held on
Saturday. Nothing positive is known of
the proceedings, but it is understood that
the attendance was slim, and that, after an
hours discussion, the caucus adjourned
without result.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-04-06
~ lhlll OF rcrl. Tor tnee | sigh:
When will the moment come
Whcn ! snall lay my armor by.
Aud dwell iu ussnff Al hnuae. -
Carriages g. Buggies

HAVING large stock Of fine Falling Ton
II Bnggies, Double 4 Single Seat Jaggers
aud Jenny Linds, built ofthevery best and most
carefully selected materials. and wishing to
reduce stock, offer the same at greatly re.
duced prices. Material and workmanship
guaranteed. Several second hand Buggies
very cheap. Buggies, Wagons, &c, built to
order OF the best material. Repairing
promptly attended to. j. L. WALTZ,
apr 6-3m7 Oak Orchard, Nd.
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Our Consul at Nuremberg, writing to the
State Department, gives a vivid and painful
account of the distress prevailing not only in
the Noightland districts, but generally
throughout Germany. Most Of the factories
teen or twenty five cents a day; idle laborers
swarm everywhere; thousands of German
Americans are wandering about in vain quest
of employment, and the consuIates are over.
whelmed with appeals for aid.
The Utah Northern Railroad was sold nj
public auction in Salt Lake City on Wednes
day. 1t was purchased by Superintendent
Clark, of the Union Pacific Railroad. for
100000.
The Massachusetts Senate has rejected a
resolution to engraft woman suffrage on the
State constitution by a vote of 10 to Ii.
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WESTERN MARYLAND o11rnr y

WESTERN MARYLAND CoLLEGE.-We
invite attention to the announcement in
our advertising columns, of a public
meeting to be held on Friday evening
next in the Town Hall, to promote the
cause of public education and to consider
the interests Of this institution in relation
to this city and vicinity. Independent Of
its educational advantages, the College
cxpends in our midst large amount Of
money per annum, which is so much added
to the sum total of our enterprise and a
benefit to our business men generally.
We hope our citizens will attest their ap-
probation of the institution by filling the
Hall. They will be agreeably entertained
by several addresses from our own citi-
zens and visitors from distance.
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At the beginning of the present Con-
gress there were II contested cases to be
decided by the House Four of them
have been settled, by giving the seats to
the Democratic contestants; the remainder
are yet to be acted upon by the Committee
on Elections.
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M &c EnIurY

In the Circuit Court for Carroll county.
Samuel Hape-vs. Jacob Nusbaum, Margaret
Delphy, Samuel Beck ct al
ORDERED this LIST day of April, A. d.,
~ 1878, that the account of the special au-
ditor fled in this cause be ratified and con
hrmed, unless cause TO the contrary be shown
on or before the 22d day of April, inst; pro-
vided copy of this order be published for
two successive weeks, before the last named
day, in some newspaper published in Carroll
county.
FRANKT. SHAW, Clerk,
True cOpy,-TEsT:
apr 6.2t FRANK T. SHAW. CLERK.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the suhscri-
~ Der has obtained from iAe Orphans
Court of Carroll county Letters Testamentary.
on the personal estate of
BENJAMIN F. WOODROW,
late of Carroll county, deceased. All persons.
having claims against the deceased are here
by warned to exhibit the same with the voueh-
ers thereof, legally authenticated, to the sub.
scriber on or before the 3lst day Of October.
1878; they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit Of said estate Those Sa-
debted are requested 10 make immediate pay.
ment.
Given under my hand this lst day Of
April, 1878.
JOSIAH CROWL.
apr CIT Executor.