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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-13
FOR SALE
A VALUABLE
iEak iOYSTER PACKING HOUSEifMi
On Horn Point.


YHE undersigned will offer for sale
a valuable Oyster and Fish Packing es-
tablishment on Horn Point opposite the
city Of Annapolis and the Naval Academy.
This property lies as follows Two (2)
Lots of Ground fronting 100 feet upon 9th
street, and runnlug back to the water a
distance of 873 feet, containing in all about
an acre of land, improved by new
SMOKING and SALTTNG HOUSE.
with about 400 boxes of fish now under
process also the valuable water front. ex.
tending from a beautiful sand beach to
the channel, improved by wharf and
new Oyster Packing House, which has
capacity to run 40 shuckers, with everv-
thing needed for the oyster and fish pack
ing business, including about 200 bushels
of bedded oysters on the premises, Piles
are sunk out tss the channel for extend
ing the wharf IL aecessary. This proper
ty which was bsSilt this season. and is all
new. will be sold for one-half its COST
Only reason for ceiling. the owner cannot
give his time to she business.
Apply to @. j. MURPHY.
nov6f Annapolis, Md.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-13
Illness OF Juror.

Mr.. John F. Strange juror in the
case of ohm Duckett, colored, indict-
ed for violating the local option law
was taken suddenly i'll yesteday eve
Ming after the jury had retired for de-
Liberation. At last poll ten voted for
conviction and two for acquittaI.
Judge Miller said he would send them
back il Mr.. Strange felt able to pro-
ceed, but bis physician said be was
too i'll, and the jury was discharged.
This is the second time the case has
been tried. At the first trial the Jury
failed to agree, standing eleven for
conviction and one for acquittal.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-13
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
STATE OF MARYLAND,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT..


annapolis. Nou. II, 1884.
WHEREAS, it is the custom OF the
w Federal and State Governments Of
the United States of America to designate
q day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God
for the blessings enjoyed by the people.
|, ROBERT M. McLANE, Governor Of
the State of Maryland, do hereby designate
Tnurday, tho 27tA Dag Of Noeember.
as the day for such Thanksgiving. and I
reco amend to the people of this State to
observe the same in an appropriate man.
ner, the day being legal holiday.
Given under my hand and
- the Great Seal of Maryland, IN
SEAL. the City OF Annapolis, On this
49, eleventh day of NovembcF, 81
the year Of our Lord eighteen
hundred and eighty four.
BY the Governor,
Nov. 12-td. ROBERT MI. McLANE.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-13

Once Z year the democratic country
editors fall heir to q bit Of patronage
from the Executive Department, that
furnishes them money enough for at
least d Thanksgiving Turkey. This
year they are authorized to publish
the Governors Thanksgiving ProcIa-
nation one tine aud get their turkey
as usual.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-13

Passed Assistant Engineer George
Cowle. III, has been detached from
The Hartford and placed on waiting
orders. The orders of Chief Engineer
Thorn Williamson have been so far
modified that he will not be detached
from che Norfolk navy yard until the
28th inst
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
CRUELTY TO SOLDIERS.
Serious Charges Alleged Against tn
Governor of the Home at DAYTON.

Serious Charges Alleged Against the
Governor of the Home at Dayton.
For some time past, says a DAYTON. O..
special to the Philadelphia Press, citizens
of this city have been complaining about
the alleged brutality of Gen. NJ. r. Pat
rick, Governor Of the National Soldiers
Home, near here, towards the inmates.
He has been accused of governing the
place with tyranny, discharging crippled
men until the county intirmary is filled
with them, while others lay in station
houses and other places of refuge. In
sane men, it is said, have been discharged
from the institution for some trifiing
cause, drummed from camp at the point
of the bayonet and while entitled to the
privileges of the Home, refused admit
lance.
The matter has come up before the
Board OF Managers Of National Soldiers
Homes, who have taken great deal of
testimony, and here the matter rests. In
the past few days Patrick, it is said. has
discharged eight or ten men. Lieut.. John
b. Eagan, of New York, who lost an arm.
was discharged because he demonstrated
against hiring a substitute, to be paid out
of his pension, to do work which he per-
sonally was not able to do. Capt. James
Mcclure, also of New York, for coming
IN late on pass was cOnhned in the guard
house twenty days before he was dis
charged.
The citizens have notified Congressman
in Washington and are endcavoring,
through the aid Of the House, to have
Patrick removed. The institution is for
helpless soldiers, and has always been a
home for 5000 Of them, but since Patrick
has been governor it has been governed
according to the rules and articles of
war. Five hundred inmates, it Is esti-
mated, are now considered prisoners.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
A SALVATION MARTINEZ.
DragOOning Unwilling Converts Int,
the Ranks of the Army.

DragOOning Unwilling Converts Into
the Ranks of the Army.
A scandalOus charge, in which the Sal.
walton Army is mixed up with the Gene
raj Post Office, says London cable
special OF the 25th inst. to the New York
World, is to-day agitating civil service
circles throughout London. The alleged
culprit is Mr.. Stevenson Arthur Black.
wood, c. B., the Secretary to the Post
Office, and, as far as administrative de-
tails are concerned, practically the head
of the department.
The charges against Mr.. BlackwOOd are
that he is a fanatical adherent of the
Salvation Army and that he uses his Off
cial position and command of rewards
and punishments to dragon the clerks
and telegraph operators of the Post Office
Department, male and female, into the
ranks of the Salvation Army. Mr.. Secre-
tary BlackwOOd is a bright and shining
light in the hybrid "army" and is known
as powerful eXhorter at Sunday evan
gelical meetings IN the little betbels
throughout the city.
1t is charged that he has brought Sal
walton Army tactics into his department
to the extent of holding prayer meetings
during business hours in the general post
office building, under the auspices of the
'Civil Service Prayer Union" which he
has established, and which appears to
have for its special object the praying for
uncOnyerted members of the civil service
especially among the post office employees.
The latter complain that this adds a new
and illegal test of fitness in the civil SER
vice, and results IN an intOlerable amount
of cant and hypocrisy. The clerks say
that faithful and efficient men and women
are, without any request or knowledge on
their part, publicly prayed for by name
in these midday cOnYenticles, and that
their names are put down on what
they call the SBlackWoOd Black
List.' AS long as their names are
on this list they are subjected to
espionage, and frequently discharged or
retarded from promotion to make way for
hypOcrites who have secured favor by
joining the praying band. The only way
to get ones name off this black list is to
make a sort of confession of faith to Mr..
BlackwOOd, after which the official path
is made wonderfully smooth for the 'Fcon-
VERT This results, according to the
clerks, in many cases, in mock pretenses
of piety to Mr.. BlackwOod and in the ad-
vancement, not of the best civil servants,
but of the most accomplished tOadies and
hypocrites.
These grievances have at last reached
the ears of Parliament, and at an early
date next week the government is to be
questioned by one Of the city members as
to the prOpriety of Secretary BlackwOed's
conduct and the legality Of his alleged
eVaslOns of the civil service rules.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
A FIERCE CLASH OF CAVALRY.
A Desperate Conflict During Lees Last
Retreat.

A Desperate Conflict During Lees Last
Retreat.
Gen. Thomas l.. Rosser furnishes the
Philadelphia Times with an account of
the cavalry fight at High Bridge, on Lees
retreat from Petersburg, from which the
following extract is taken:
GAS soon as Col. bearing moved out so
as to threaten the Federal flank, Col.
Washburne charged him with his cavalry,
and l never witnessed handsOmer charge
than he at this time led. bearing met
him with the same undaunted, determined
pluck, and the most savage hand-tO-hand
fight | ever witnessed was the result.
bearing and Washburne were both killed
within three feet of each other. Whether
they slew each other / cannot say, but
many think they did. Col. Boston and
Maj. Thompson were also killed in this
cavalry fight, and every man in Wash
burne's command was killed, wounded
or captured; none tried TO escape.
was unable, from a wound received
through my left arm at Five Forks
few days before, to use my sabre,
but during the fight l rode among
ence, which was all could do, and while
l looked on l saw Maj. Jim Breathard, of
the horse artillery, attack two Federal
| captains, Breathard with pistol and the
Federals with sabres. They closed be-
fore Breathard had an opportunity to
Shoot or if he shot he missed his mark,
and when / saw him the Federals were
cutting and sticking at him with their
| sabres and Breathard was exceedingly
busy warding them off with his pistol.
Their horses were run against Breath
ards, and he was finally knocked off his
horse, and in falling his foot was caught
between his horse and one of the Federal
captains and pulled off one of his boots.
Breathard then shot and killed one of the
officers and Courier Scruggs dashed out
| from my side and killed the other, and in
a moment Breathard was in the saddle
| again, with only one boot, and again
| joined in the fight
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
Is 1T ROB ROY'S FATHERS
SWORD?
\ Huge TwO-handed ClaymOre Which
Brooklyn MacGregor Treasures.

a Huge TwO-handed CIaymOre Which
"A Brooklyn MacGregOr Treasures
John MacGregor has at his home in
Washington and DeKaIb avenues. Brook
Ign, says the New York San of the Goth
inst, sword which he believes belonged
to Rob Roy MacGregor's father. Mr..
MacGregOr is 50 years old. He was away
from home last evening, but his daughter
1n-law led a reporter into a dining hall
Ornamented with stags' heads and
weapons of war and the chase.
From one corner she dragged forth a
STRAIGHTFORWARD, double-edged two-handed
claymore, with strong iron basket hilt.
as big as fencing mask and twice as
deep. The blade is four feet long and two
and halt inches in width. The reporter
tried TO draw the blade from the scabbard.
but it resisted all his efforts.
''The scabbard ought to come off, said
the lady. Il know it used to, and the
blade was bright and in good order. There
IS said to be only one sword like this in
the world now, and that is in the Tower
of London. That sword came into our
family twenty years ago. Mr.. Robert
MacGregOr, who is now dead, was then a
dry goods merchant Of Philadelphia. He
heard that a family of MacGons, who had
lately come from Scotland, had in their
possession the sword Of Rob Boys father,
and he went to investigate to matter.
He became satisfied of the truth of all that
was claimed for the weapon. and pur-
chased it. Here is the certificate which
accompanies the sword"
The following inscription is written on
parchment: "This claymore was used in
the wars of the COvenanters and Cava-
Tiers by Col. Donald MacGregor of Argyle,
father of Rob Roy"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
AN INCENDIARY NOVELTY.
Persistent Attempts to Burn an English
Town

Persistent Attempts to Burn an English
Town.
The attempt to burn the village of Clark,
on the shores Of MOrecambe Bay, says the
London Daily NelcS, is a novelty in in
cendiary enterprise. Railway stations
and public offices are recognized objects
of attack. Ships have been threatened,
and a great deal of brawling nonsense
has been talked by Irish-Americans about
the wholesale destruction of cities as a
means Of "making war upon England"
But country villages have hitherto, as far
as we know, escaped even verbal menace.
On this occasion there must have been a
deliberate design to destroy the whole
place by firing it simultaneously from
several points. For the credit of human
nature 1t may be hoped that the perform
ance was the work of a mischieVOus
maniac, and for the sake of public Sc
curity il is most desirable that he should
| be speedily captured. The first sign of
danger was given early on Saturday
morning, when it was found that a grOcer's
shop was in blaze. Scarcely had these
flames been got under, after DESTROYING
property TO the amount of about $50, when
the floor of the post office was found to
bessaturated with paraffine. The parafine,
however, can not have been infammable,
for matches and burnt paper We're found
in it. Then another grocer's shop flared
up; but this fire, too, was quickly eXtin-
guished. In two public houses the ma
terials of cOnf1agratiOn were detected, but
the impartial generality of the outrage
exempts from suspicion any INSCRIPTIONS
and wrOng-headed admirer of Sir Wilfrid
Lawson. Indeed, the perpetratOr or per-
pretratOrs of this wholesale arson rIYaled
the achievements of the well known his
tOrical character described as still sun
stated in a coat of flames," who ''burnt
down Astley's twice." Neither the "high
milr' nor the slow mill' escaped their
Vaccinations, large quantities of parafine
/ being found in both buildings. In fact,
there's strong smell Ofparafiine through
/ out the village, whose Inhabitants should
| form themselves into a vigilance commit
| tee Tor the apprehension of very bastard
| ly miscreant and his accomplices, if he
has any.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28

Where Intrigues Are Carried On-ThC
Post Office Corridor.

Post Office Corridor.
The meeting-places of lovers in New
York, says a letter to the Cincinnati En-
quirer, are well defined. When a married
woman is suspected of having an amour
with some one outside of the family circle,
the husband and the detectives in nine
cases out of ten know pretty we'll where
to look for her. The same is true of young
girls. ! have no doubt that a shrewd
observer of the various phases of New
\ Ork life could accurately gauge wO-
mans age, social condition, and tell
whether she is married or single, by
knowing where she habitually met her
lover. Married women are, Of course.
ever SO much more crafty and sly than
their spnster sisters. This is the result
Of experience. Girls choose the most
romantic and agreeable spots; married
women, with that large perception of the
value Of mems time and the decreased
amount of sentiment which years ineyita-
bly, bring to WOmankind, choose the spot
most convenient for their lovers.
The centre for thousands of intrigues in
New York is found in the New York post
office. Every day l pass through the
post office from the office to the BARRIERS
or to luncheon at the AstOr House Not
infrequently | 90 there on business, and
the result is that pass along the corridor
devoted to 'Letters to be Called FOr'' on
an average of two or three times day.
The scene is a suggestive one. At all
hours of the day up to 5O'clOck at night
one encounters women of various degrees
of beauty, but always well dressed, hurry
ing up to the windows and immediately
going away again. They never come in
groups, and not acquainted with each
other, pass the numerous men who stand
around without a glance and get out of
the building as soon as possible. The
majority Of them come down in the Fifth
avenue stages, though quite a number
come over from brooklyn, get their letters
and return over the bridge. | am con-
tinually amazed at the character of the
women whom l pass there every day. 1
have been painfully surprised on one or two
occasions to meet women whom | knew
and whom | never suspected Of carrying
on an intrigue. 1t is safe to assume that
almost every woman who haunts this
corridor of the post office has a deep
romance OF hand. Women who want to
make inquiries for letters that have gone
astray 90 to the superintendent office,
and there is another department for letters
that come from foreign countries. A
particular section of the corridor is
devoted simply to letters that have no
street addresses, are mailed in the vicinity
of New York and are left until called for.
Quite as many men call fer letters of this
sort as women, but they don't do it with
half the grace or tact.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
DEATH or A FAMOUS DUELIsr.
Some of the Affairs of Honor Partici-
pated in by the Wrights of Maryland.

CentreoiHe (Md.) Record.
DR.. Robert Wright, whose death was
announced April %, came of a family
that had a marked propensity for dueling.
and many anecdotes are told concerning
those Of his relatives who became in
vOlved in affairs of honor. Robert Wright,
who was Governor of this State in 1906.
fought a duel with Gen. LLOYD, the former
being shot in the wrist, which ended the
matter. Robert, son of the Governor,
fought with Alexander Stuart, and was
shot in the shoulder. Gustavus fought
with Benjamin Nicholson. They both
expected to be killed, and it is marvel
Gus how they escaped death when
each had two shots, and were only sta
toned six to eight feet apart. At the first
shot Nicholson was shot in the hand, and
at the second in the side. The wound
being considered mortal ended the matter.
Nicholson, as brave a man as ever lived,
recovered, and was aide to Gen. Il. Pike,
and with Pike and his whole command
was blown up and killed at Little York,
now called Toronto, Canada, in the war
of 1872. Mr.. Wright also had a duel with
Capt. Watson, whom he killed. Clinton
had duel with Lieut.. Jarman: they had
two shots. At the second shot Wright was
wounded in the arm. He afterward
fought a duel with Mai. Hook. Wright
We oADb 0oNh eN bAC nASl suOl. anu,
being unable to stand, proposed to Hook
to lie side by side and take another shot.
To this both Hook and his second
objected, and very properly, but said
If they could make Mr.. Wright
stand they would give him another ex-
change of shots. Wright put his hand in
his pocket, and, drawing out an old ban
dana handkerchief, gave it to his second,
telling him to pass it under his arms and
draw him up to the limb of a small tree
close by. This being done, they had an
other exchange of shots, when Hook re-
ceiyed what was supposed to be mortal
wound, but both he and Wright recovered.
Henry r. Pratt (whO married one of the
Wrights) had a duel with William Ell
bert. He shot bunch of keys out of FL
berts pantaloons pocket, and both being
thereby satisfied, kissed and made up.
They afterwards became and continued
fast friends. Another one of the family
was on the eve of a duel with Cadet Lind
sey, of Philadelphia, but timely apology
from Lindsey put a stop to it.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
PRINCES.
They Die YOung-The Ages of Many who
Have Passed Away.

Have Passed Away.
The death of the Duke of Albany is
rightly spoken Of as premature; yet there
can be little doubt that his life extended
considerably beyond the average of that
of English Princes. The number is in
deed astonishing of whom there is no
record save that they died Young. Not
many persons probably ever heard of
Prince Octavius, the eighth son of George
Ill, who lived a little more than wears /:
or of Prince Alfred, his younger brother,
who lived less than ,. To 90 back to the
Suarts, Anne gave birth to seventeen
children, of whom the greater number
were stillbOrn; of the remainder only one
survived infancy, and he was carried off
at the age of IL. Anne herself was one
Of the eight children of James II. by his
first wife, Mary being the only other who
survived the period of infancy. BY
Mary of MOdena James had six
more children, all of whom died in
infancy except the Pretender and Maria
Louisa, the latter of whom did not COM
plete her Goth year. Of Charles LIS eight
children, two died in infancy and four be-
tween the ages of 10 and 80. Charles,
though he met with violent death, was
the longest lived, save one, of his fathers
seven children. The Queen of Bohemia
lived to the age of Sc; her three sisters all
died in early childhood; as did Robert,
Duke of Albany, who came between
Henry and Charles. The Tudors were
scarcely more fortunate. OF the six chill
dren of Henry VIII, two sons (by Cath
crime OF AragOn) died in infancy; while
the second child of Anne Boleyn was still
born. Henry was himself the only one of
four brothers who attained to manhood.
And a similar examination extended to
the Plantagenet Princes would show that
the fates We're no kinder to them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
a SHOWER OF BLOOD.
Red Rain that Proved to be Some Sort of
Animal Liquid.

Animal Liquid.
" few weeks ago, says the Raleigh IN.
O. Ne1gS and Observer, there was show
er of some red liquid in Chatham. The
place where the phenomenon was seen is
in New Hope township. The fall came
from cloudless sky, when the wind was
SO slight as to be almost imperceptible.
The position of the drops seen on the fence
indicated very slight wind from the
south or southwest, across some plOWed
land. A woman was standing on this
plowed land, near fence, along which
small pine bushes were growing. She
noticed something falling between her
and the ground, saw it leave a red splash
on the sand, heard a pattering like
rain around her, looked up, but it was
all over and she could see nothing. She
was good deal frightened and affected,
taking it as potent Of death or evil of
some kind. 5. A. Holeman visited the
about midday and has kindly given the
following facts observed: The space
covered was about fifty by seventy
five feet and nearly in rectau-
gular form. The drops were of size
varying from that of small pea to that of
mans finger, and averaged about one to
the square foot. Smaller drops were in
sIdnJlg ABSORBED; larger one with those
on the wood, cOagulated. Some fell in the
bushes and cOagulated upon the limbs.
DIR. Robinson, living near, collected some
ofthe freshly-fallen material and made GER
tain simple tests, which satisfied him that
IT was blood. 1t even had the smell, he
says, of fresh blood.
Tests were also made by Prof. Venables
at the University of North Carolina. The
sand placed in cold water gave a brown
red solution, which coagulated on heat
ing. The cOagulum, a dirty brown, was
soluble in caustic alkalis, giving an in
distinct green solutiOn-treated with an
acid solution of mercury nitrate it gave a
brick-red color. Nitric acid also caused
the formation of this coagulum, and gave
the characteristic yellow tint on heating.
The original solution in water was bright
ened in color, not turning green or GRIM
son, on adding ammonia. On leaving tire
solution two or three days it readily
putreted, showing under the microscope
great swarm of bacteria. Examined bv
the microscope the appearance of small,
slightly altered cOrpusles was seen, cor
responding well with those gotten from
slaughter yard soil.