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shouting in stentorian tones: ssWho
will go with me and fight these Philis-
tines? The first man to respond was
! Rev. Lewis Bates, father of the we'll
known Rev. l.. B. Bates. He was a man
of LARGE stature and hercnlean strength.
Father TAYLOR was then in his prime, and
very tough, wiry and muscular. OF fear
he knew nothing. Several stalwart
brethren at once volunteered, and in less
than five minutes time they were on the
way to meet the foe. When just on the
outskirts of the groun, lis they encoun-
tered the band of ruffia. MS, headed by
their leader, huge, wicked looking fell
low. 2" Now" says Bro. Bates, L will
tackle that leader myself, and the rest of
you make the best use you can of your
fists and cudgels." The two giants ap-
preached and clinched. In an instant
the bully was thrown to the ground with
great violence, and the heavy foot of Bro
Bates was placed upon his throat. In
the meantime, Father Taylor and his
aids made up such a vigorous assault
upon the rest of the gang that they fed
for dear life. Bro. Bates now addressed
the PROSTATE bully, who was writhing
and choking under the heavy pressure.
=" Beg for mercy, yo11 scouudrel;'' and
he did beg, and solemnly promised never
to disturb another camp meeting, upon |
which he was released The brethren, |
having done their whole duty, returned. |
like Uncle Josh Whitcomb. to their |
prayers and meditations. 9ie. .j !
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The steward of the lately wrecked
bark, the Fontabelle, owed his life to the
captains retriever, which retrieved in
good earnest. Unable to swim, the stew
ard, on coming to the surface, tried to
grasp piece of the wreck for support,
but sank in the effort. The dog was try
ing to keep on piece of wreck, but see
ing the steward go down, Owed after him
and dragged him to the surface, out Of
the wreckage. Then the dog let go his
hold, and swimming ahead, thrust his
tail into the stewards face, who seized it
and was towed to reef.
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ROSE BUDS.

1.-THE following beautiful sentiment accompanied
wo knots of rose buds sent to young lady for her
ersonal aoornment at an evening party:l
Sweet rose buds. happy fate is yours
To thus adorr the fair:
One knot shall sumber on her breast,
The other in her hair.
Her loneliness sweeter charm
And grace imparts TO thee,
While thou dost symbolic her life
OF maiden purity.
Pluck'd from the stem that gave you birth
Your glory must decay;
But ere your tender beauty fades,
To her glad tribute pay.
Let your delicious odors float
To kiss her fragrant breath;
Blest flower, the memory of that kiss
Shall sweeten even death.
Then joyous be, We buds, this night,
As the hours creep on apace.
For never shall We find again
So fair resting place.
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The FRUIT PAID THE RENT

Gaze on these beautiful lands"
The landlord said, rubbing his hands,
" The fruit, sir, will pay
The rent any day
The place is a gift as it stands
The tenant moved in with a shout
And stayed there year or about,
When, minus the rent,
Did landlord lament
And feel like tenant-put out.
But, landlord, now, didn't you say
Inc frll1S for the renting would pay?
Your own words suit
L leave you the fruit
just send me the balance. Good day .,
--NOT5ist0lcn Herald,
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A DISTURBING element: Nitro glycerine
.NeaO York Nea0s.
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In the Hebrides what is locally known
as burst of razor, or spoutfsh, COM
menced on an extensive scale. a few DAVIS
ago, on the Broad bay sands, extending
for about four miles along the sea coast,
near Stornoway. Millions of this she'll
fish, some ofthem upwards of foot long,
We're thrown ashore by the heavy sea
and lay in heaps on the sands. For two
days hundreds of men, women and chill
dren were engaged in taking them away
in cart-loads. These bursts, or upheav-
ais, occur periodically, but it is twenty
eight years since there was such large
one as the present.
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Grx. GARFIELD, President elect, left

GEN. GARFIELD, President elect, left
lis home in Ohio on Monday, and ar
rived in Washington on Tuesday RI
Alooe tho route wherever hc trah
-,o,,,..,f during tho day Tho coming
,,ou'' met quite an ovation lie mHdo
. jpnumerable brief but always appropri-
speeches. Since his arrival in the Capital
there has been great stir among the po-
big bugs relative to the formation Of the
cabinet, but the President elect has
managed pretty well to keep his own
4ecrets. 1t is known however that Mr..
Blaine is to be Secretary Of State, and
nobody will be appointed in the cabinet
who is not entirely agreeable to him -
Though nothing is known positively be-
y6nd the selection of Mr. Blaine, it is I
Believed the following have been thus
Cur determined upon; Secretary of the
Treasury, Senator Allison; Secretary of
the Navy, Hon. Levi T. Morton, of
New York; Secretary of War, Robert
Lincoln (son of the ex-Prcsident) of
Illinois; Attorney General, Wayne Mac
Veagh of Pennsylvania, and Postmaster
General, Gov Foster Of Ohio, leaving
the Interior Department still open. But
all this surmise.
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MEETING OF THE BAR.
Circult Court fte7o7,i. 1870
2lst, l8Sf!


Herewith we continue the report Of the alb
dresses delivered at the meeting of the bar III
respect to tho memory of the late Chief Justice
Brent:
Dir. JonS II. MITcELL then arose and
addressed the meeting as follows:
In secouding the resolutions which
have been read, Mr. Chairman. | cannot
hope to add. by anything that may say
TO the mournful interest ofthis occasion,
or to contribute to the true appreciation
of the character and services of the dis
tinguished gentleman, to honor whose
mcmSry we are met to-day in the place
where hiss first triumphs were won.
There are occasions in the life of cv-
cry one when words seem utterly made
quate to express the thoughts which agit-
ate the mind, or the emotions which
swell the breast This. tome, is such
an occasion, and yet nay regard for Judge
Brent was so great; my admiration for
his character so thorough and sincere;
my regret at his passing away so deep,
that feel almost constrained 10 place a
spray Of rosemary among the many
beautiful garlands which have been laid
upon his grave.
have known him ever since boyhood
indeed, some of my earliest rccollections
are conaccted with him as member of
that band Of genial, wholesoulec gentle
men, which existed in this village a
number of years ago, and whose unher-
aided visits to the homesteads of the
aeighbOrhood were always a source Of
a~light to young aud old. | recall TO
mind the kindly smile with which he
used to greet me thcu-the same smile
which lit up his countcnance, few
msaths ago, when he came home from
his dSties in Annapolis sick and weary,
and | graspcd for the last time that pure
hand which vas so soon TO rest above a
pulseless heart: aud in losing him feel
as il | had not only lost, in common
with ms brother aaeRiberS of the Bar, a
sather of th@ Las. but also one of my
earliest aad traest frisnds.
Il ia scarcely necessary ia this pres
enee to speak Of his distinguished pub
IL services fog they are known 10 al
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XXTE have appointed Messrs J. Benjamin
w Matrngiy and John B. Lyon, our sole
agents fer the sale Of our Fertilizers for Charles
county, also Mr.. j Benjamin Mattngly agent
for 81. Mary and Prince Georges counties.
Listers Standard Saper-Phosphate OF Lime
S35 co.
Listers Ammoniated Dissolved Bone Phos-
phate So CO.
Listers Ground Bone Meal, ST. 90.
Listers U. S. Super-Phosphaje $27 90.
For reference apply to
Il. II. Owen, Esq, Port Tobacco, Nd.
J.. W. A!brittiin, Esq, Port robacco, Nd.
Thomas NJ. Welch, Esq, Port Tobacco, Nd j..
Benjamin Welch, Esq, Port Tobacco Md.
Charles Stewart, Esq, White Plains, Nd.
And all others that have used our Fcrtiliz-
els All orders taken by the above named
agents Will be promptly attended to.
LISTER BROS,
So Buchanan Wharf Baltimore Md
My office IS IN Port Tobacco, where wi
be pleased to show samples and receive orders.
J. b. MATTINGLY.
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nraigc concerning him have come to me,
I. 1--we been proud of him as Charles
coupfain. rue, two or three times
ssseat his feet in this house and heard
him pronounce judgement and Do justice,
and to me he seemed indeed the model
the upright Judge Verify, think We
pe'er shall look upon his like again. =
= i Mr. Wilmer then
spoke of his active and laborious If.
an example for good, permeatcd and
controlled as Is was by his religion IA
religion which teaches us to fear moth
ing here and holds out the hope Of a
blissful immortality-"We are soon for
got when we are goAe,' But this is
true only of the men of a day, good fell
lows, who swagger through their little
lives in braggart, joyial ease and then
are known no mere. The memories oil
the good and great abide with US for
ever, steadying cur purpose and ncrying
US to new excrtions. Those who live ii
their immediate presence and under the
direct influence OF their example arc
donbly blessed, but their lives are pow
erful for good wherever and whenever
their deeds are made known Fortunate
than are we who have known this great
and good man.
He has indeed gone to where be-
yond these voices there is peace" but |
can well believe that his spirit will still
rest with us within these walls, 50 elo-
qucnt of his presence, shadowing our
deliberations aud your decisions Gu
YOU. sir. has his mantle fallen, spotloss
aud pure. May il ever be handed down
so clean aud white STU we mourn that
we see him TO more. but not as those
without hope We mingle our sorrows
in sympathetic ontpeuriugs with theSc
near and dear TO him, into the sacred pre-
clients Of whose grief it is not permitted
MS u enter; but to them as to US come.
the consoling, the comforting conviction
that when he passed from us the archie,
of Heaven rang and re-echoed with tn,
welcoming salutalion well done, gooC
aud faithful servant, enter thou iAt9 tb'
j1y Of the Lori"
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within the eonnd ofmy voice. and have
become 4 part ofthc history ofour State
He was not one cf those who hid his light
under bushel. but he believed. ani net
cd upon the belief, that the talents Civ
en- 10y the Great Master were given in
trust, 10 be used for the benefit of liz
fellow men The Reports Of the C"iir'
Of Appeals will transmit TO remote e ~
crations tie evidences q his uu;iriu- in
dus,ry. his deep research his profound
learning. his remarkable powers of qua
lysis, his breadth of intellect and li- love
Of Justice Those who have read bis
written. or heard his oral decisions, hay.
been Impressed, not ouly by these char
acterislics but by tie chas;e and fJrci-
bic language ia whici, he always cx-
pressed bis well considered opinions and
vi -orous thoughts. Making no pretcn-
sion to oratory. in the vulgar accepta-
ton ef that term, his remarks always
carried c0Hcictioa, which is in reality the
aim and object of all true oratory. Ills
knowledge of our mother tongue was SO
exact, aud his command Of language 50
thorough, that ! have never lisend to
sayone who possessed in a greater de-
gree, the rare faculty Of always using
the right word in the right place. This
faculty enabled him to make his mean
ing clear to the dulest intellect, and,
coupled with the eloquence which is all
ways born of earnestness, caused his mt
terances to be listened to with rapt at
tention By every one--eyen the most un-
learned who came within these walls
But eminent as your deceased brother
was, Mr.. Chairman as lawyer
curatc, learned and profound as he prov
ed himsclfto be as Judge, he was some
thing, in my opinion, far nober and BET
ter; he was an honorable christian gentle
man.
There is little flower which grow
upon the most inaccessible crags of tn
lofti,st Alps, to gather which the Swis
mountaineer will encounter any rlsl
aud endure any fatigue; in his searcI
for the Edelwtis' the "lIouor-whitc'
. (for thus, in the poetic tongue OF tina
Land Of mountain aud lplse this star |
A"hN " =. -@nssaist ttftlittts .t.t Il,
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'cqwar7Ty trucking to sceptercd wrong
<Hb fear of consequences when duty and
honor point the way, will ever find a
resting place beneath its petals. And
when the Swiss peasant wishes to de
scribe the character Of some dead com
radc, who walked humbly with his God,
and gloriGod humanity by his life and
conduct, he will tell you he was the
wearcr of the Edelweis | do not know
how | can better express my estimate OF
the character Of our honored and lamen-
ted friend than to say he o'r"ys wore
the EdclwcS
But cannot trust myself to speak fur
Their. He has passed from this world If
toll and suffering, as we hope and be-
licve, 'to where beyond these voices
there is peace and the universal cx-
pre-. sion of sorrow with which the tidings
of his death were received is the grand
est monument that could be reared to
his memory
We tender to bis stricken children our
deepest sympathy in their sore distress
well knowing that naught but timc-thc
great comforter can heal their wound,
yet hoping that it may be some little So
lace for them to know how many mourn
4 with them
In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, address
lug YOU as his worthy colleague in thl
,sn ,,@s'',e,. ~ .''s. y"
of EN- glands last great singer hhu So
( ~ knew your brother his mute dust
I honor, and his living worth;
\ man more pure aud bold and Just
Was never born into the earth.
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Maryland Independent.
PORT TOBACCO, MD.
ON G II IS.

Before our paper shall have reached
many Of our readers the third session Of
the 18th Congress will have expired
and with it the entire control Of the Tx
ecutivc and Legislative departments OF
the government will have passed Tito The
hands of the Republican party for Ger
tainly two years, and how much longer
no one can tell 1t is more than likely
that party, taught by its narrow ESCAPES,
rfrom-absolutc humiliation, in the two
prcccediyg presidential elections, will q
d,pt such, measures as will tend towards
securing itscfin power for years to come
1t has never shown itself very scrupu-
lous in the past, as to the means to ae-
complish its ends, and we have no reason
to believe it will be otherwise in the fu-
ture All this makes the short comings
and omissions of the present Congress
the more criminal towards the party to
which it protested allegiance.
With clear working majority of
Democrats III both Houses, tue mem
bers of that majority seemed to coptent
themselves with organizing aud diyid-
ing the spells of the few Offices attached
thereto among their rctainers and ther
deyotiug themselves to private business
or the pursuits of pleasure.
Unqucstionably the Forty Sixth Con
Cress, so far as Democratic progress i
concerned. was a sad and dismal failure
how sad, how dismal and how lamenta
~, Sat a..oo - Anna enables rs [
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tage To- the public in their relaction
tie courts, to their business hi
domestic rel1'ionS. and the general h.
piucss Of community, il which ~
confidence exists in the due and prors
administration Of Justice, and tie setib
ment Of legal rights
Oac of the Distinguishing character,
lies as our lamented friend was his kin
ness to tie younger members Of the M
res>ion, which has 90 happily bcen aiye'
n 10 here and af orr Bar Ills couua
his ad1icc. bis commentator Of II.
professional efforts, when mcrited wk'
from linn seemed to have tile effect toi
ci;e to greater efforts, 70 higher a.
ton. TO a devotion to excel. Il was
possible for an attorney not to elrcIE
in his looks though no word was ~
F. II. having tho opportunity. hsrm
mindful Of his duty az Is c5FI
trial of his ease not prepared - 81
represent the honorable professiv
/ which lie was member, and ~
the private interests committed TIA
Keeping He always appeared anIa
! that the interests of suitors should rem
proper attention, from the attorS7
representing them, and was ais
ready to award praise when lie III
it deserved. This thorough appNX
ton by him Of the rights OF litigaI
our hands, and bis desire that no
rights should be lost by our niscarrIX
created in us a fuller recognition Q
own obligations, and for him the
fouudest respect and the highest O.
regard. w.
But he is gone, and we have only M
member his noble achievements 81
cause of truth and justice, his efA;I
character and christian death, an a
him we should always try to do our5 "a
That bis Observation-Disclosures may IAN
from our memories and may be EtI
mitted to those who come after IA
members Of our Bar have expires ii,
desire and have determined, if Oh
mission be given, to have a porta )
him placed in our new Court liz M
: tribute due to one whom we so bla
f as Judge, respected for his
| life. and loved as friend. ~
: ITpon the coreIsaSion ~, p,
- -; 81 ~ ~ minutes of I, y
and copies to be furnished to Iean
papers and to the family of thdlaso
and Court Immediately adjou.nd. as
mark Of respect 10 the late Che lstic
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JUDGE Grew responded as follows:
Ny BrotherS-The circumstances un-
der which come among you at this
time fill my heart with painful emotions
In May 1879, came, for the first time
to your Court, to argue case before our
departed Chief Judge, whose presence
in our Court in Prince Georges had
so often hailed with delight, and before
whom in the previous Is years | had
tired many cases; with whom my official
and personal relations were ever of the
most friendly character, not once inter
rupted in all that time by the slightest
circumstance. So great was the love
and esteem for him with our Bar. and
people of all classes, we earnestly hoped
his failing health would be restored and
that he would long live to fill his hirb
Office, as we doubted not he would do
during life, (Which be adorned by his
learning, mide honorable by the unri-
I.:.l his character. aud Ia rhe "a
IN useful by his honest, o
prompt, iapif,d and intelligent els
charge of its duties At the Bar meet
ing in Prince Georges which occurred
soon after bis demise, it was my sad
privilege to express in more formal
manner than is now necessary, or it is
my purpose to do, my estimate of him as
judicial officers, Of his eminent public
services, his exalted character as a citi-
zen and true christian gentleman, my
affection for him as friend with whose
confidence and esteem | had been honor
ed for SO many years.
The emotions Of sorrow which GIL your
heart, and to which you have given ex-
preston in your resolutions and addresses
to which have listened with deep inter
est also ill the hearts of the members
of the Bar and the people of Prince
Georges county. and were reflected in
the proceedings to which have referred
| delight TO recall the interest which
Judge Brent always eyinced in us, and
often in his quiet, earnest way was ac-
customed to express. | can say with en-.
tire candor no man has ever lived or ev-
er moved among us, who in a greater
degree, had the love, respect and hon.
age off people have never heard
man of any class or condition express
aught but respect for and confidence in
him.
Your resolutions and addresses and
the remarks of my brother Judges do
not exaggerate the public estimate Of
him, nor IS it possible to portray in words
the full depths of sorrow, the sense of
the loss which the death of such a man
occasions.
As evidence of the confidence in which
his decisions we're held at the Bar, was
struck with the observation made by our
brother Edelen-that he recalled but me
case in which he had taken an appeal
from one of his decisions, and in that
ease his judgment was affirmed in the
appellate court. As we'll as my memory
now serves me, my experience has been
precisely the same recall but one
case in which took an appeal from a
decision ofhis, and with exactly the same
result
Il Is impossible to estimate the aI1au-
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ALLISON WILMER, responded as follows:
had not intended to say anything on
this occasion, being unpr9pared, nor did
| think it was becoming in me to speak
as | am so new to this bar but while all
are raising their voices in praise of him
who has gone from us, it seems right
that l. too, should say word of him
whom | so highly honorcd and esteem
cd
As member of the comm ttcc APP
pointed to prepare those resolutions
most humbly, heartily and honestly sub
cribe to them and endorse their every
sentiment, for | can claim no credit in
their composition. did not know Judge
Brent as those who have so eloquently
testified to his noble character and legal
attainments, but | did know him as
man nearly all my life from the time
when he spoke to me as a little child. Fl
From time to time in my varying life
have met him, both in the busy scenes of
the world at large and in the quiet de
lights and refnements of his beautiful
home, and there never was variation
FROM that kindliness and courtliness of
.s.4l IL
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IN MEMoRIAM.


Dcpirated this life at preference, her late
residence near Port lOnacCoi on MohaaF, ue
1Jh Instant alter snort out Pllhi9l nin l,
IN ne 35rd year oI ~ wy US; ih NJ =
OLENI \ W LIS cohSot' OF Ihe it,e d. ,i T.
r VIII ana daughter OIL inc io'e ool 'o''i
Hughes of BryantoWh'
In paving tribute o. Iepect % tne m ii',l
ry OF this good iady tne writer Is sensible oI
his inability to 40 lus'ice 10 tlie many suuius
qualities that beauliheu ana adorned hel s
character. The eentleness ana sweetness e'S OF
her disposition, the true piely' Tue ialynlu.
discharge OF her dutY ia All lne telationi ol
life, as wife, mother anu irieha' gained iof hel
,uc 'csPI'. ,'i" aa"h+iess IA nam" brrbt
!iIi' "n" " III Tt, crn.Tn LorSs 6ym
jew 81 ~ ie, ,.'nItbor Of tho unl C,,bolic
"nu oun'i9 ~. 40, &c ohr;s,,, cbar-
anu iiei 'r''''J IT,. sbo
~, anu sen o,,o't ,o t"o,h;,nS of ,bo c5urc
t'eG 70 'ol'o" "'' '''''''A q y ''i'
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who only had energy enough to furnish
their enemies with clubs to injurc them
with. All the honor aud success Of the
Congress belongs to the Republicans,
md all the disgraces aud failures to the
Democrats. Hard words for anybody
to say, but harder for lifelong Demo-
erat, 6ho abhors Rcpublicanism and
the Republican party. But concoalins
the truth eau do no good. God help
che. country, if such men are again to
I'll the House of Representatives,. May
we never look upon their like again.
At the present writing it is impossi-
bic to say what bills were hurried or
eungglod through in the confusion of
tho last expiring hours, but 10y our next
issue the smoke will have cleared away
sufficient to enable us to see, and then
doubtless will be disclosed, for the pub
lie good, grand totoliiy of-nothing-
less.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Orphans Court ofChar,es C,,at,,

d" me orphans Court If Charlcs Coaatg.
IN the matter Of the personal estate of John S.
Button, deceased.
/ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
~ undersigned, administrators oftbe goods
ana chattcls Of John S Button, deceased viii
a. ,iie z2nd day Of March instant, proceed to
,I me assets of the deceased IN their
d Haiu' among ms cred tors, who have filed and
S an p5oodteu 'heir accounts in said Court
attend in person or BY agent or attor.ss.. an ~
sag day 70 receiye hs .,ssigs" s,a "a
otherwise they may be precluded by LAW from
any benefit arising from said distrib,s1 r.
Witness our hands, this Attn dty tlssreif
1881. II. G.. ROBERTSON
NJ. F. BUTTON,
Admrs of John $. Button, deceased
NH I-3t