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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-23


urn of the family. The beeswaxed box.
the hackman's bill and the hole in the
ground have had their day long enough.
CITY PROBLEMS.
The city debt ard its surface sewerage
are its problems, but they are now being
worked out by energetic men, who are
bound to succeed. She has empire enough
for great trade. Texas is improving rap
idly, and soon they will be able to cele-
brate the unity OF the Gulf with the Pacific.
Then will New Orleans be sister CITY to
Sacramento, and of like interests and sym.
pathies. Leaving New Orleans in the
morning by the Mobile Railroad, going
east leisurely. with the waters of Lake
Ponchartrain on our left, the numerous
small bays of the Gulf on our
right, we passed through the duck hunters
ideal country. What on the maps are called
towns is single duck blind" or house
used as station and named. I'VE take back
all we said about the towns on the over.
land road As We approach Mobile the
country is higher, and some small timber
is found, and few very pretty Quiet VII.
lsges. We pass Mobile, which they report
as not being what it used to be for bust.
ness, and arrive at the Pensacola junction
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The con-
ductor concludes that before STARTING for
Pensacola he will wait for the west bound
train the operator does not know how
much the train Is behind time the con.
ductor disappears the fires in the stoves
60 out and we step out and tramp it to
keep warm. Every time the faithful en-.
gineer blows the whistle, and that is all
ne has to do, we break for the cars We
happen to be near by, when, at o'clock
the cars start for Pensacola where we ar
rive at o'clock distance about So miles.
PENSACOLA
Is quite an important point on the gulf,
and does considerable business especially
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15
The Oyster Law.

The order offered by Comptroller Keat-
ing and passed by the Board of Public
Works, at its session in Annapolis Oh
Thursday last. addressed to the command
ers of the Oyster Poclic- boats, has given
some dissatisfaction to those who take
oysters with drsdges or similar instru-
msnts, because of a misconception that it
discrininates in favor of the tongmen and
against the drsdgers. There is no such
discrimination in the order. Neither the
rights of the tongmen n,r of the dredgers
are enlarged or abridged by it. Each
class is left to its privileges under the law
as published. By reference to the third
section it will be seen that licensed
drsdger is only authorized to catch oysters
between October 18th and Apri 1st. Not
20 with the licensed tongmen. lie is not
restricted in time to any part of the year,
but can tong during the entire year, and
is only limited by the fourteenth section
to the taking and catching Of oysters fer
particular purposes, therein set forth, be-
tween April 18th and September 1st
Such are features of the law about which
there is no dispute, and they are preserved
in the order of the Board Of Public Works.
The Trouble and cause Of complaint with
the tongmen was tina, the fifteenth section
of the Oyster law, as published, makes
it unlawful to carry oysters in the shell
out of the state between April LIST and
September list; and hus,enforced' limits
the tongmen to the catching oysters, only
fer the purposes of the home trade, from
the first day of April; whereas, the four
teenth section dssignates the 18th of April
as the time when the limitations therein
designated shall begin to be observed.
The journals of the Senate and the House
of Delegates show that the legislature did
not intend-indeed, did not commit-this
evident bungle between these two sections,
but that the dates named in both Of them
were uniform when the bill was put upon
its final passage in each House. The
knowledge of this fact gave to the tong
men lust cause of discomfort with the
published law, and the order of tbs Board
of Public Works, without making discrin-
nation between the dredgers and the
tongmen other than the law makes, re-
quests the commanders of the Oyster
Police force not to arrest those engaged in
carrying oysters whs might otherwise be
regarded as subject to arrest fthe fifteenth
section were not interpreted in accordance
with the subject and pupose of the entire
law, and the will of the legislature as ex
pressed in its journals.-Amnapolis Gaztte.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15
(Mondovi, wis Buffalo 60 Herald
Notions ofJhe First Settler.

Mr.. W II II. Amidou. one OF the frs; set
Here in the town OF Chinatown, Vie, and
one of the most industrious and hard working
men in the county, has beeu very severely
troubled with rheumatic pains during The past
few wears so much AT times. that he Was dis
ablei from performing manual labor. Learn
ing of the wonderful cures effected by the use
of ST Jacobs Oil he procured few bottles and
experienced immediate relief Many other Of
our acquaintance have used il aud expires.
themselves as highly gratihed. With tse relief
il has afof ded them This kind Of medicine
can be bought everywhere.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15
The s.Bombshell."

The ''bombshell," which has been the
subject OF so much speculation with the
State press of late, has at last, it seems,
been cast l., or what is said to be the
dreaded missile, has taken the shape of
an open letter from Gov. Hamilton to some
gentlemen of Baltimore city, in response
to a formal letter of inquiry addressed to
him. The Governors letter is dated Ha
gerstown' April 5th. The letter is rather
more temperate in its tone than was ex-
pected, and in the outset especially dis
claims making any personal issues and
says: "a great many wrongful and I'M
wise things are done, often innocently or
with good intentions, but this does not
make them right; ind while honest in
ten,ion but ignorant action may excuse
the individual, it by no means justities
the wrong i'sef, or prevents we'll timed
efforts to correct it, Speaking OF the
failure of the last Legislature to carry out
his recommendations he says ut is not
for me to say how it came, nor do pro-
pose to attribute blame to anyone. The
fact of failure lies somewhere, and it caay
be the general fault with which every
body is somewhat to blame" The letter
has net apparently developed any of the
explosivsness and scattering properties
usually exertsd by ''bonbs," not having,
IS far as can be perceived, created any
serious sensation in any quarter. Doubt
less it was not intended to do SO 10y the
Governor. The Baltimore American seems
sorely dis. ppointed in the bomb" and
begins to fear that it lis not actual reform .
that the Governor desires, but mere pc.
litical control of the State
The Baltimore Sun, commenting on the
letter, says: "The Governor, whose letter
consists largely of an arrsignment of the
last Legislature for failure TO carry out re
forms which had been promised upon the
hastings, becomes more specific in regard
to the expenditures OF the two houses dur
ing their 90-days' session, which he de
clarss to he excessive and to have been
without authority of law. The number o
officers, employees, &C., and their compen
sation, which is nearly as great as tina
of members themselves; the expenditure
of the two houses and their employees fol
Stationery, postage, &C.; the cost of pub
lie printing, especially Of printing tn
llaws-these are the main counts in thu
Governors indictment of the Legislature
The failure to make further provision 70
the reduction and extinction of the Stat
debt, the failure to pass proper regis ra
ton law or to regulate the abuses lncidsn
to primary meetings and elections, are tn
more important sins of omission charged
upon the same body. In all this, it ma,
be said, there is no'hing pa ticularly new
the charges only assume especial import
ancs as coming from the chief executive
officer Of the State-from the head Of on
department of government dlrec,ed agains
another and coordinate branch. The ob
visus moral and only conceivable reason
for the Governor writing such letter a
this time and making 1t public is tina
greater care ought to be exercised by tn
people in the choice Of members of til
next Legislature at the general election
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15

Company to lay wires, tubes &c, in the streets
of the city for supplying electrical currents for
illuminating purpose. They are to pay one
cent per lneal foot of the streets occupied by
them to the city.
Miss Hattie Duell no died al Iowa City, To-.
Monday, of self imposed starvation, was buried
yesterday af ernoon. lmmedia tey after death
a post-mortem examination was made by DR.
Cowper,hwaite, dean of the homeopathic de-
partnent of the Iowa University. Not drop
of blood was found in her body, which weighed
45 pounds. The stomach was also .tirely void
Of any substance.
Two cid settlers of Chicago have passed
away Mark Beaubien, who went there in 1926
rs a tavern keeper, died Monday, in his sOth
year. He was the father of &c childrea. David
McKee, who went to Chicago, i'll 1922, AS a
blacksmith for the United State troops, who
were then then the only whites nn the spot,
died at Aurora, H.. Saturday, also in his 8Oth
year His first friends in Chicago were the
Pottaw ottsmie Indians, who owned the land.
1t we'll known that certain fowls fill their
digestive apparatus with gravel and pebbles,
which act as millstones in grinding up their
food. Recent investigation shows that other
animals are addicted TO similar habits on a
large scale. Seals awallow stones weighing
from one to two and sometimes even three
pounds each, while one investigator found, not
long since ten pounds of these boulders in the
stomach of y sea hon.
The metric system Of ~eight an measures
is advancing in the United States. II was
iegalized here in 1866 and has now been made
obligatory by the Marine Hospital Service and
the United States Coast Survery. The Boards
Of Education of several States have introduced
it in the public schools, while II knowledge o.
it is required for admission to most of our eel
eges. The multiplicity Of measures in con
tinental European out growth Of the fonda
system-wa. long barrier to commercial in
tercourse. Uaul recently there were NOR
than one hundred measures there bearing ,h'
name of foot no two Of which were alike
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15
IN MEMORIAM.

Entered into joNful rest on February l6, J.
II. SrURkE. beloved thild Of E. 4. / }. u.
Storke. 10 the sixth wear OF his age
Thou hat INSIDE him most blessed forever,
Thou hast made him -Iru ding glad ~I'a Thy
connjenance oh, stricken hearth sorro"
not for your i'i,,r lamb, though you shall no
more see the dear little meek tsce nor Gasp the
precions form 10 yoar heart on earth. lie is
not lost. ony gone before The good Shri'-
herd has taken him to Himself, ihe s~et voice
ID now sinsing The Lord is my Shepherd;
shall sot want" lie makriA to lie
down IN gr-cn pastures; lie ieadr'h INC beside
the suH walsr.. Gh The s~eSt Tr>i. the eros n
Of gloC, for The IUt,r weary one. Nv hetr
there i no more sorrow tor efNsact no more
pain no more memory Of t-Subr, aId tod
shall wiI.< away I'll tears from their ttt,
BE .u,l then oh INV soul
No, your owu-bat lis by TiSat.
His peculiar 'retsure nov,
Fair and precious in Has SIGHT;
Purchased j-SeI for HIS htos
He will keep what thus lie sou.h'.
Safely guard the dearly 6uusnt,
Cherish that which lie id shoo..
Always love aud never loose
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15
News Of the Week

The democrats achieved a sweeping victory
at the municipal election at Trenton, \. j.,
Monday.
Capt. Macdonald, Of Canadian mouated
police. announces that Sitting Bull will 60 to
Fort Butord. u. T., with the shattered re-
mnants of his baad, and surrender in sbsri
time.
Gov Long has appointed ex-United State,
Acknowledgement Devens TO a seat on the Su-
preme Court bench Of Massachusetts, in place
Of Justice Soule, resigned.
The average age of members of the Garfield
Cabinetis5l. Mr.. Glad.tone's Cabinetaverage
So. There are two sepiuagenarians ir the
English Cabinet but the majority are between
so and 20.
Col. Thomas A. Scott lately bought, at a
sale in Northumberland County Pennsylvania
a clock made by his uncle in 1890. 1t still
keeps good time, and every three hours plays a
tune on a chime of bells.
Chief Justice Waite announced to the bar of
the United Estates Supreme Court tuesday, that
Friday, the 22d of April, and will adjourn for
the term on Monday the second Of May.
At Montgomery, n Y, the ground is covered
with snow and the snow, was still falling hard
Tuesday with now indicasions of ceasing very
soon. The aspect WAS decidedly wntry, though
the mercury was several degrees above the
freezing point.
VIM. Ness hanged himself in Newark, N. j.,
Monday to avoid arrest. His wife had made
complaint against him for assault and battery,
and a warrant for his arrest was issued. His
family fed when he returned home Monday
night, and yesterday morning he was found
hanging in the house dead.
The process of swearing the allegiance of 81
900, 900 or mere subjects OF the Car occupied
more than ten days. In ST. Petersburg the
" orkingmen in large factories had to repeat
The oath, word for word, after the officials, who
then placed an approving mark n the passport
Of each man.
The boark Of alderman of New York has
passed resolutions giving permission 10 the
United States Illuminating Company, of New
York, and also the Bruch Electric Illuminating
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15
The Senate.

The dead lock- in the United STATES
Senate still continues, the Republicans
to consent to an early adjourn
ment each day. The Democrats still pre-
sent determined front. Some threats have
been made by Republicans tha', if the
Democrats persist in their filibusteriRg
tactics, an extra session Of Congress will
be called, which will extricate the Repub-
licans from their present predicament, and
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15

observe from the Investigations of the
Suns correspondent, that the House of
Correction and Normal School leans, for
which taxes were levied in 1874 and 1875,
have been fully and promptly discharged
as required by the Constitution and to
learn, also, from the Cemptrollers last re-
port, that the tax imposed to meet the
Treasury Relief Loan has been duly cred
tied te that fund, and is being held in
tact as the Constitution requires.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15

enable them to elect their officers. The
Democrats do not seem to give themselves
any concern upon this score, being we'll
aware that the blame of the Extra session
under such circumstances would net be
charged to them. If we may Judge from
the tone of the independent press, and the
ferent sections of the country, public opin
ion is setting decidedly in favor Of the at
titude assumed by the Democrats.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15
SCHOOL NOTICE.
THE BOARD or SCHOOL COMMISSION
Frs will meet in Port Tobacco on
Tuesday,, April 26th,

| Frs will meet in Port Tobacco on
Tuesday, April 26th.
For the psrrose Of receiving Teachers, Reports
and attending TO general business
No Report. received unl-s. made on, on
blanks prepared for the purpose. issued by the
State Board Every Report must he sworn, or
affirmed TO. befors Justice Of the Peace. or n
Commits
The Secretary will be prepared 10 pay the
Teachers OF eolored schools on Thursday, the
2sth Of April.
Teachers of white schools will he paid on
Friday, 29,h.
Teachers Association on Friday ?eih.
Teachers Association lColoredj on Thursday
2sth.
White Teachers are requested to attend th;
Association for The transaction OF special BUSH
ness.
By order Of Board,
A " SEALk,
in 7-2t Sec'y.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15

tutional requirement. 1t is intimated by
the Comptroller in his last report, that the
tax levied is not sufficient for the pur-
pose. In former report, the Comptroller
also condemned the policy of having sps-
cial funds accommodating in the treasury as
unwise, and unpracticable, and in his last
report he complains of its faulty economy.
On the other hand, the wisdom Of the pro-
vision has been highly, and We think,
Justly commended. Whatever may be
said as to its wisdom, ii Is the organic
law of the State and should have been OBJ
served.
The failure Of the Legislature to OBJ
serve this provision does not, however,
necessarily involve any grave violation of
their trust, calling for loud and blatant
censurs. We do net think there il any
culpability chargeable to surslaw makers
in this connection. The violation in this
provision seems to result from the failure
of the Legislature to levy taxes sufficient
to meet the current expenses Of the State
government, and ether miscellaneous ap-
preparations, which necessitated Dor
rowing from these special funds in the
treasury. The present State tax is eigh-
teen and thrse-quarter cents on each one
dollar Of the assessable basis, and is dis
tributed as follows: Ten cents for Public
Schools, five and a-half for Defense Loan,
one and a-half cents for Treasury Relief
Loan, one cent for Hospital Loan, and
three quarter cent for Deaf and Dumb
Tax.
So it will be seen that this entire tax is
devoted 10 special funds, the incidental
revenues Of the State from licenses and
other sources being, we suppose, relied
upon to meet the current expenses of the
State government These revenues being
variable and uncertain, may account fol
the fact Of the special fund for the De-
tense Loan having been reduced. In his
last report the Comptroller says upon this
subject: Under the Act of 1872, chap.
276, all the bonds and certificates Of stock
of the State, then held to the credit of the
general sinking fund, were cancelled and
destroyed. Since then, neither expedi-
ency nor economy has prompted-indeed
the needs of the Treasury and the law of
necessity, have forbidden the application
of the loan taxes to the purchase of secur-
tiles, at heavy premiums, to be set apar'
for the redemption of loans when due
and, as stated in previous reports, these
taxes have been actually required and
used to meet the current appropriations
and demands for the State government"
So that it is perhaps true that what the
tax payers have "lost in meal they have
saved in malt" and that, had this loan
fund been kept intact, the State taxes
must necessarily have beensconsiderably
increased in past years. $40 III.
1t is undoubtedly true, however, that it
is not a correct principle for the Legisls-
ture or State officers to undertake toques-
ton the wisdom, or ignore the provisions
of the organic law of the State, and the
people should see to it that this provision
of the Constitution be in future strictly OBJ
served. 1t will be gratifying, however, to
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15

Subscribe tor The Times
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15

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j. II. Roberts / &c. sPort Tol acco Howard
Bros, Cox's Sto,ion: H. G. Robertson, La
Plata: Ttad. Mudd, Waldorf. I. q
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15
DI ED

At her residence, in Washington, d c.,
March - 1881 MARTHA 4. HEATH, wife oil
Richard Heath, in The 10th ys.r Of her age.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15

The democrat. achieved a sweeping victory
at the municipal election at Trenton, \. j.,
Monday.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-15
state Finances.

We publish elsewhere to-day the result
of an examination of the records OF the
State treasury, made by the Annapolis
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, hay
ing references to the charges OF the mis-
management of the State finances publish
ed in the Hagerstown Mail, to which we
alluded last week. We do not understand
that even the author of the article in the
Hagerstown Nail intended to charge any
malfeasance in office upon the present
officers Of the treasury. We do not think
it was so intended. From the correspon-
dence we publish, as we'll as from their
annual reports, it will, we think, appear
that the disbursements made by these Off
GERS have always been regularly authorize
ed by legislative enactment. From the
same sources of information it will also
appear that the statements made by the
Mail are, as they have been characterized
by the Baltimore Sun, ''exaggerations,"
and it will perhaps suggest itself to all
impartial readers, who have seen the arti-
Gle in question, that it is decidedly more
vigorous than becomes true Democrat
whose sole desire is to see reform within
the party. 1t must be conceded, however,
that the grac0men of the complaint set
forth by the Mail has not been satisfac-
torily met by the Suns correspondent.
The Mail called attention to section "a
of Article Of the Constitution, which re-
quires that mo debt shall be contracted
by the General Assembly, unless such
debt shall be authorized by law, pro-
viding for the collection of an annual tax
or taxes sufficient to pay the interest on
such debt Is it falls due; and also, to dis
charge the principal thereof within fifteen
years from the time of contracting the
same; and the taxes laid for this purpose
shall not be repealed or applied to any
other object until the said debt and inter
est thereon shall be fully discharged" 1t
charged that the defence loan of $4,000
600, was contracted and the taxes levied
for the purpose. That the taxes levied
for the purpose of discharging this debt
at maturity have been spent for other pur.
poses, and that the last Legislature were
consequently, under the necessity of pass
ing an act to refund this debt, which ma
lures in 1888, to the extent of $1,000, 900
1t does appear that tax of ST cents upor
each 800 of the assessable basis of ths
State was levied by . former Legislature
for the purpose of redeeming this loan o
100000 at maturity, as required by th'
Constitution, and yet we Know that TIT
last Legislature did authorize the negotia
ton OF new loan to the extent of ovel
$3,OOO,00O to redeem the defense loar
that natures in 1883. So that it appear
that less than 100000 of the loan ha
been discharged by the tax of 5! cent
levied for this purpose. +,
From these facts it is clear that the Leg
islaturs have in some way failed to carr!
out the constitutional provision W it'll regars
to this loan. Either the tax of five and ,
half cents levied for this purpose was in
sufficient, it has not been promptly col
lected, or it has been appropriated fol
other purposes. In either case there hal