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VOLUME I.
OAKLAND BUSINESS GUIDE,
l GROCERIES , etc.
W P. TOTTEN, ;
’ T • GE N ElUt ME RCTtA JTDISK,
_ Con Mala & Aldfejrst*.
fj ICH ARDSOJf lIBOS.,
AV GKocEKiEs, Confectionehies,
Canoed Goods; fTiUt, etc,
JOHN O. MICHAEL,
“ GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
Second door South roddliigton'K Hotel.
¥ W. HTALNAKER,
Grocery and Provision Store,
Fourth Street, near B. A t>. R. R. Co's Shop.
A L. OSBOURN,
ADAMS EXPRESS OFFICE,
General MercluuuUnc, A
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Co r. Third A Oak sts.
TV Is. W.VYMVN.
* General Merchandise,
Cor. Alder A Main Sts.
I > HOOKS’"
19 GREAT NEW YORK STORE,
General Merchandise,
for Fertilizers,
Depot Building.
n E. OPFUTT,
** ' GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Agricultural Mim-liliii'*, Musical Instrumeiitß.
Guns, Pistols, etc.
T 4 H. LO.VK,
ORIGINAL NEW YORK STORE,
General Merchandise, Watches, Clocks, Jew
dry, etc.
TkAVIS it TOWNSHEND,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Agents Agricultural Machines,
Opposite Dailey’s Dark.
/1. C. MICHAEL,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Notions, t'locks,Confectionery, etc..
Next to Doddington's Holt l.
QEOfcOE LEGOrE,
GENERAL MIHa'HANDISE,
u i ’or. Second A <ink v.
|VYVII> DEL AWOKE,
GROCERIES, FRESH MEAT,
Game in season.
TOfLN A. I)Kl>AWI)I:it,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Wines, Liquor*, etc., < ak st. near bridge.
SA LOONS.
B> S. JAMISON,
Wines, Liquors, Oysters, etc.
Hilliard Table.
Opposite Cnddington'K Hotel.
ItMiX A. DELAWDEIt,
*" Wines, Liquors & Lager Beer,
' 'nk st.. near Rridge.
(MOO. \Y\ CA TON,
*** RENTAL RANT.
Fried and Stewed Order*. Raw on the shell.
Families supplied. *
HOTELS.
OROWNING HOUSE,
•*-* R. T. Browning, Proprietor.
Main street.
T¥OWAN' WliJTl'!,
■**' Oak Street.
A kAKLANI) HOUSE,
Geo. N. Santemyer, Proprietor.
Cor. Third and Al*ltr Streets.
rf lODDING I'ON’S HOTEL,
W. M. Coddixgton, l’rop’tor,
Main Sf., Opposite Jamison s Hilliard Saloon
BOA BIUSC HOUSES.
MRS. DAVID RHINEHART,
J -’ x Water Street.
MRS. RALPH THAYER,
Oak and Third Streets.
rkAVIS HOUSE,
* " Mrs. M. E. Davis, Proprietress.
Cor. Oiik A Second streets.
tvew glade house,
Mrs. 11. J. West, Proprietress.
< ’or. Third & a Ider sts
/2.EORGE BOSLEY’S~
Oak Street.
CABINETM A ICEItS AND UN- \
HURT A KEItS.
A C. BRt>OKe7
■ rm ~* lies, adjoining Gazette office.
JOEL T. WARD,
** Simp on Fourth Street.
Pll YSICIA AX
Dr, e. ji. bartlett,
Office Main st,., op. Dailey’s Park.
Dll. J. LEE McUOMAS,
Office on Main Street.
[Vll. J. W. A 1.151 M( i IIT,
P Office on Oak Street.
_ MILLS.
/ ’ UIST AND SHINGLE MILLS,
" Peter Martin, Proprietor.
Water street
OAKLAND WOOLEN MILLS,
” Sam’l Lawton,Manager.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W.
f W. VKITOH,
” • State’s Attorney,
< Kilos on (htk si rest.
10HN M. READ,.
" Notary Public
And Com. to take Testimony,
Office on Abler street.
G S. HA MILL,
• Office in offutt’s Building.
rp J. PEDDIOORD,
-*- * Offiee over Jamison’s Saloon
PLASTERER.
TAMES ARNOLD,
" Residence on Fourth Street
THE REPUBLICAN.
OR ( OS AMI MEMO
*’EO. G. STUUGISS,
Drugs, Medicines, '
Perfumery, ToHet articled, Stationery.
’.Tobacco and Cignr#. 4
RLA( HAITI IS.
/ ’HAS. SISuELLT
V _ . rWerty Street.
MILLINER Y ANtT FANCY
000 ns.
VI L. SCOTT’S Baltimore Store.
LIM -‘ Millinery, Gents’ Furnishing
And Fancy Good*, and Shoes.
Main Street, Opposite Dr. McCourns’ oftlee.
\fllS. M.E. DAVIS, IS.,' '
■ L " x Cor. Oak & Second Sts.
CONTRACTORS ,1 BUILDERS
JOHN M. JARBOE, r ~ r^ r ~ f~
w T'arpenter, Contractor A Builder,
Residence on Liberty St. nearly oppo. Depot.
p A. CHISHOLM,
* • Carpenter, Contractor,
And Builder.
Residence over Jamison’s Saloon.
QEO. A. BPEDDEN,
_ Residence opp. School house.
JOSEPH M. ( KIM,
** Residence on Alder Street.
4 V. BROOKE,
■ i *-" Res. adjoining Gazette office.
BARBER SHOE.
|>KOE. A. W. DILLEN,
x Barber Shop,
Oftutt's lluildhig. Main street,
LIVER 1 STABLE
p 11 AS. SWEENEY,
Near the Browning House.
MASONS.
R PRItcH All 1),
Resilience on Second St.
I LOYD CHAMBERS,
Residence Coddington’s Hotel.
OILS PORTER,
Residence cor. Water & Third sts.
SURVEYORS.
4 LEX. C. MASON,
Office over Jamison’s Saloon.
M R. HAM ILL,
Countv Surveyor,
Olltee inlimitl’K Building.
■JOHN IIAHN ED.
'* Address, Post Office.
BOOT .ISO SHOE MAKER.
WM. M. WAGNER,
Shop Cor. Second A Oak Sts.
(TJ.EO. !•'. LOtJGHRIDGE,
Leave orders at Express office.
( ’ LITAS,
’ Boot and Shoe Maker,
shop (for. Water and Hecond Sts
FA IS rise ,t RARER HASH
ISH.
~ A% Us ENDOW,
House and Sign Painter,
Hosidencci adjoining'Gazette OlHcp.
jj Tl erTnger,
House and Sign Painter.
A ml I'aper Hunger.
Leave orders at Hush’s Store.
_ FHOTOGRA I'll GA LLEIi )’.
Q. W. MERRILL,
• Photographs and Ferrotypes
Made in the host style.
Albums, Pieture Frames Diet lire Cord for sale.
Third Street, Opposite New Glade House
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
GULMOK S. HAM ILL,
r attgjlnky at law
AND SULKTI’OIC IN G IIANCFHV.
OKKIUK IN OFEUTT’S HUIIJHNG,
1 Lower Fhxn.;
Part ictilar attention given t> < 'on veyaneing.
*ivestigsiti hi of land titles and collection of
(aims. Loans negotiated. jeN-ly
I A.s. M. SCHLEY,
•I ATTORNEY AT LAW,
< .’iJMHICKLAXn, Ml*.
Will practice in the Courts of Washington,
Allegany and Garrett enmities. Agrnt for
sale 0f9,000 acres of land hi Garrett comity,
within one and a half to three miles of Oak
land. Jel4-ly
p HAMII.L,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Oakland,
Garrett county, Md
Ofttee at residence on Main Street. Jeli-ly
John m. HEAD,
ATTORNEY AT I.AW.
Oakland,
NOTARY PUBLIC. Maryland,
jell-ly
r w. vf.mvh.
J* ATTORNEY AT LAW •
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Oakland, Gakkktt < ounty, Md.
Will practice in the Court* of Garrett County
and the adjoining ('ountle* of West Virginia,
and In the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
.lan. hi-1 f.
THOS. J. PEDDK'ORI),
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
HOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Oakland,Oakiiktt county, Md,
Will r>nu*ti*e in the Courts of Garrett County
und the adjoining < (unities of West Virginia,
and in the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
.lan. 30-tf,
Dll. J. DAILY,
GHENT DENTIST
WESTERN PORT,
MARYLAND.
From one to a fu 11 set
of teeth Inserted in the
most lira ill i till and '
substantial manner. Jfcjmr j
Particular attention '* 1
paid to cleaning and Cr,, A t
tiling the natural teeth >! * '
All work warranted NUfl J
to give satisfaction, or
money refunded. Je2l-ly
OARLAND^^teIATCftDAY, MARCH 31, 1877.
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THE v 'JIORR.” ’ SWI
■.. . ~
UY PftOK. J. I*. rSTKELK.
Orcc upon an eveniirg blewy.
While 1 sat me drbymiiug, dreary, \ k
!n the sunshine, thinking over
Things that passed in days of yore;
While I nodded, nearly .steeping,
Gently came a something creeping •
I T p my bhek IJke Water seeping— .v
Seeping upward from the door. ’4 j
**’Tis a cooling breezo,” I muttered,
“From the regions ’neath the floor*- y
Only this and nothing more.’* ,
Ah! distinctly I remeniDer,
It wa§ in that wet September,
When the earth and every member
-0{ creation that it bore, o
for daj‘ ?md wqeks iKteiLsoakihg
JNvft'ftfcknefit, ifioM protoWijg
ggy valim that, without Joklng t , V
had every aeen before;
ao I knew itmtist-lw very
Cold und damp beneath the floor.
So I sat me nearly napping
In the sunshine, stretching, gaping,
Craving water, but delighted
With the breeze from "neaththe floor;
Till I found me waxing colder,
And the stretching growing bolder,
And myself a feeling older—
Older than I’d felt before ;
Feeling that my joints were stiffer
Than they were in days of yore—
Stiller than they’d been before.
All along my back the creeping
Soon gave place to rushing, leaping,
As if countless frozen demons
Hud concluded to explore
All the cavities—”the varmints"—
•Twixt me and my nether garments,
Up into my hair, and downward
Through my boots into the floor;
Then 1 found myself a shaking,
Gently first, but more and more—
Every moment more and more.
‘Twas tho “ager," and if shook mo
Into my clothes, and took me
Shaking to the kitchen—every
Place where there was warmth In store;
Shaking till the dishes clattered,
Shaking till the tea was spattered,
Shaking,and, with nil my warming,
Feeling colder than before;
Shaking till it had exhausted
All its powers to shake nie more—
Till it could not shake me more.
Then It rested till tin’ morrow,
Then it resumed with all the horror
That It had the face to borrow,
Shaking,shaking, as before;
And from that day in September-
Pay that I shall long remember—
It has made diurnal visits,
Shaking, shaking, oh ! so sore!
Shaking oil' my boots, and shaking
Me to bed, if nothing more—
Fully this, if nothing more.
And to-day the swallows Hitting
Round my collage see me sitting
Moodily within the sunshine
.lust inside my silent door,
Waiting for the “ager," seeming
Like a man forever dreaming;
And the sunlight on me streaming
Throws no shadow on the floor,
For i am too thin and shallow
Too make shadows on the floor;
Nary shadow —any more.
The Mountain Meadow Massacre.
New York, March 22.—A morn
ing paper publishes what purports
to be a condensation of the confession
of John L). Lee, the Mormon, who
is to be executed by being shot at
Beaver City, Utah, March 2.'3d, for
the crime of murder committed by
him in the part lie took in the Moun
tain Meadow massacre in Washing
ton county, Utah Territory, on Sep
tember Hi, 18.17, at which time one
hundred and twenty men, women
and children, known as the Arkansas
emigrant train, passing through the
Territory on their way to California,
were, after several days fighting, de
coyed from their fortifications and
butchered in cold blood by Mormons
and Indians. Parti sin confidential
possession of the original confession,
to be published only after the execu
tion, deny that it is a true synopsis
of tiie original, or has been made
therefrom. The published statement
is to the effect that Lee was born
September 6, 1812, at Kaskaskie.lH.;
was married in 18.'id, and first took
up Monnonism in 1837. He became
a prominent Mormon, and held a
number of high places in the Church.
He has been sealed to eighteen wo
men, three of whom were sisters,and
one was the mother of three of his
wives. He was sealed to this old
woman for her soul’s salvation.
They who were witli him in the
Mountain Meadow affair were acting
under orders from the Church of Je
sus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The
deeds then committed were done as
a duty which they believed they
owed to God and their Church. The
narrative then goes on to speak of
the massacre. It says they were all
sworn to secrecy. The massacre was
the result of the direct teaching of
Brigham Young.
The immediate orders for the mas
sacre were issued by Colonel Dame,
Lieutenant Colonel Isaac C. Haight
and tiie council at Cedar City, Utah.
He was ordered.to raise the Indians
to attack the train, and to run off the
cattle and have the Indians kill the
emigrants. The whole country was
aroused, botli whites and Indians
rushing to Mountain Meadows from
all directions. There wero fifty
ght whites and about five hundred
Abd'ans there. Then Major Higby
Made a speech, and said that theem
®rmits were all to be killed who
3Bld talk; that we must get them
apt of the fortifications by treachery.
■On Friday night, September 12, the
plftigraiiis had a white flag flying,
MM the Mormon brethren again as
lignbled. Speeches were made and
|| expressed themselves as willing
to act. Major Higby harangued the
patty, saying it was the orders of the
ahfesident that tho party should be
,3*ut out of the way. They buried
the dead and drove the cattle to the
Trail Springs. It was a duty they
plowed to the church
"fie flag of truce was then sent to
ward. The bearer was met half way
by the emigrants, and they held a
parley with him. He then returned
and reported that the emigrants
would surrender their arms and do
as thej* had been requested. The
Mormon soldiers then marched out
to within 200 yards of the emigrants.
They next took wagons and went to
the camp and stated their orders.
The emigrants then surrendered and
put their arms, tiie sick and the
wounded and the children into the
wagons. While they were burying
their dead men the emigrants burst
into tears and said they feared
trench ry. As soon as the wagons
were loaded the train was started.
The emigrants marched in single file
the women and the large children
ahead, then the men came. When
the wagons were half a mile off the
fire commenced. The Indians killed
all the women and large children ;
the MorAons killed the men; the
drivers, witli Lee, killed the sick and
wounded. We saved seventeen of
the children. The dead werestripped
and mutilated and the corpses left
on the field. The Mormons camped
on tiie field. They buried the dead
and drove the cattle to the Iron
Springs. Brigham Young told him
(Lee) not a drop of innocent blood
had been shed. lie (Young) said he
had direct evidence from God that
the act was just one, and lie would
report to the United States that it
was an Indian massacre. The nar
rative then continues to show that
the Mormon leaders originated the
massacre, and the responsibility,
therefore, is with them. He (Lee)
only obeyed the orders of his superi
ors. Haight also told him lie had
deserved well of God and the
Church. Wm. C. Stewart was the
most bloodthirsty of any one there.
He cut throats just for amusement,
Klingingsmith, the Bishop at Cedar
City, killed a man. Every one there
took part in killing men, women and
children as a religious duty. 1 am
the father of sixty four children; ten
are dead, fifty four are still living.
My journals and private writings
have been destroyed by order of
Brigham Young. I know of many
other murders, castrations and rob
beries committed by order of the
priesthood. The story names about
thirty whites who were present in
cluding Bishop Smith, of tiie Mor
mon Church. In a sermon at Cedar
City, subsequent to the massacre,
Brigham Young, said if any one in
formed on the authors they would go
to hell and be damned as lost souls.
Mr. Redfleld, in a letter to the Cin
cinnati Commercial , warns the Re
publicans that it will not do to trust
to Providence too often, and that un
less they improve their present op
portunity it will be their last one.
He says : “The devil and the De
mocracy may get them next time
without further intervention of
Providence, unless the promised re
forms are earned into effect. Never
iiad ia party better opportunity to
redeem itself and build upon an en
during foundation. The seat of po
litical power is in the North, and a
majority of the voters of every
Northern State prefers the Republi
can party as long as it behaves itself.
If tiie incoming Administration ful
fils the expectations of the country,
tiie party will be invincible in 1880.
It is very much easier for tiie Re
publican party to remain in power
than for the Democracy to get in.
Those who doubt that God rules in
the affairs of men, who do not be
lieve that tiie Creator exercies power
over the thing created, but leaves all
to blind chance, must at least admit
that luck is sadly against tiie Democ
racy. Last December they had four
teen points in their favor where the
Republicans had one. Yet, either
by Divine guidance or superior
statesmanship, the Republicans have
won every single disputed point,and
done it without tho aid of a soldier
or the firing of a gun.”
Electing a President.
We have presented from time to
: time the various plans which have
[ been proposed for the improvement
I of the system of electing the Presi
dent of the United States. In the
| light of recent events, there can be
no subject more important to the na
tional peace than that of securing a
fair and honest expression of the
popular will. Fraud is one of the
easiest methods of defeating an lion •
est election, and yet there is nothing
more difficult to detect, to punish, or
to remtdy. The present system of
fers great inducements to fraud. It
makes the whole electoral vote of a
State dependent on a bare majority
of-the- popular - vote of ttnd Sl ate.
The four States o: New York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, and Illinois, have
115 electoral votes, and, in an ordi
nary close election, tho r -suit may
depend upon tiie vote of either of
these large States. A fraud of 5,000
votes in New York may change
thirty five electoral votes from one
to the other, and a like fraud in Penn
sylvania would change twenty nine,
Ohio twenty two and Illinois twenty
one, electoral votes.
The two plans now most conspicu
ously before the country are those
prrpared by Senator Morton, of In
diana, and by ex-Sonator Buckalew,
of Pennsylvania.
1. Senator Morton’s plan provides
that each voter shall vote directly
for President and Vice President,and
the persons having the highest num
ber of votes in the State shall be en
titled to the two electoral votes of the
State at large; and that the persons
having tiie highest number of votes
for President in each Congressional
district, shall be entitled to the elec
toral vote of that district, and the
electoral vote of each State shall be
apportioned—first, two votes for the
State at large to the candidate hav
ing the highest popular vote in the
whole State; and one electoral vote
for each Congressional district to the
candidate having the popular ma
jority in that district.
2. Mr. Buekalew’s plan is to have
voters voth in each State directly for
President; that the aggregate vote
for President be divided by tho
whole number of electoral votes to
which the State is entitled, and the
quotient will be tiie ratio on which
tiie electoral vote shall he divided
between the candidates in proportion
to the popular vote received by each.
Both of these plans provide for
breaking up tiie present unfair sys
tem of having the whole electoral
vote of each State given to the ma
jority of the popular vote, and are
commendable because they reduced
the premium on fraud to one or two
votes in a State, instead of from six
to thirty five votes as now. Mr.
Morton’s plan it is strongly objected
to that it offers an increased induce
ment to partisan majorities in State
Legislatures to act unfairly and dis
honestly in forming Congressional
districts. To Mr. Buekalew’s plan
it is objected that the majority in
many States would he deprived of
any advantage of which majorities
are justly entitled in all elections.
In every State where the electoral
vote was au even number, such as 4,
6,8, 10, 16, 20, and so on, and the
popular majority was less than 10,000
the electoral vote of the State would
be equally divided between the can
didates; and this result being known
long before the election, all induce
ments for voters to take an interest
in the election would be lost. The
minority would share equally witli
the majority. But this plan can be
amended so as to recognize the claims
of the majority. If the Buckalew
plan be amended so as to secure to
tiie candidate getting the highest
number of votes in the State the two
electoral votes fo. the State at large,
and have tiie minority plan apply to
tiie division of tiie remaining electo
ral votes, it would practically pre
serve to the majority its proper pro
portionate vote.
If tiie last I'residential election
had been held under tho amended
Buckalew mode, the result would
have been Hayes 187, Tilden 182.
With the Morton tdan it would have
been Hayes 185, Tiiden 184.
Under either of these plans there
would have been a much greater vote
polled in the several Stales than was
cast. In Alabama, Arkansas, Geor
gia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennes
see, Texas and Virginia, had the
vote for President been determined
by districts instead of by general
tickets, or if the minority vote had
been allowed any weight in the
choice of Electors, a much larger
vote would have boeu polled. There !
NUMBER 5
would have been a practical end to
be attained by voting, while, as it
was, tiie minority were as excluded
from all voice as if they had not vo
ted at all. —Chicago Tribune.
Hawk-Eyeteros.
Brigham Young is so weak he can
not walk. Now then, Mi. Proctor
Knott, if you have anything against
the prophet, here is your aha nee.
Three of Washington’s, 3d cousins
are living in poverty at Gordonsville
Kentucky. If they could only turn
themselves into rebel monuments,
they would be amply provided for
within thirty days.
The new Secretary of the Navy
having been informed that there
were buoys belonging to iiis depart
ment in New York harbor, immedi
ately issued an order commanding
them to report to their ships without
delay “Discipline? is discipline,” says
the old salt, “and I will have it if I
have to skin every boy in the i.avy.”
At the recent election license and
anti-license being the issue, license
carried the day in Shenandoah lowa.
And then the powers that be em
powered by existing lawsgentjy but
firmly placed licenses at tiie n o lerate
sum of 813,000 per annum. And the
licensers smile grimly and say that
five or six more such Victoria, would
be very discouraging indeed.
A few days ago a fiend in human
shape displaced some rails on an lowa
railway and threw a passenger train
from the track. The villain was cap
tured and the indignant passengers
were about to hang him on the spot,
when the conductor announced that
the disaster had killed a prize pack
age man. Then the passengers letup
on the rope, begged the wrecker ,s
pardon, called him their preserver
and took up a purse of 8230 for him.
The democratic state committee of
Connecticut has just decided that the
safest and best and speediest plan for
securing democratic success, is the
destruction of the republican party.
There is political wisdom for you.
If tire astute committee had remain
ed in session an hour or two longer,
it might have, occurred to it that
quite possibly the same emTirnght te
attained by securing a sufficient num
ber of democratic votes to defeat tiie
republican candidates.
The tenacity with which tiie
Chinese cling to their ancient insti
tutions is illustrated in a recent im
perial decree published in the Pekin
Gazette, announcing the death of the
Duke K’ungSiangk’o, lineal succes
sor to the sage Confucius, and
the proper board to report sa to
the marks of imperial favor to be
accorbed in connection with the fu
neral rites. Confucius was born 651
years B. C., and tiie first hereditary
distinction bestowed upon the senior
member of iiis house was conferred
B. C. 202. A record containing the
pedigree of the family for seventy
one generations was published in the
last century, giving biographical
skerches of each individual in the
long succession of tiie principal re
presentatives of the house from the
death of the founder and written rec
ords of the lives of tin ir successors to
the present time are doubtless in exi
stence. The title of the head of the
family lias varied somewhat under
different dynasties, hut for the past
eight centuries lie lias borne a desig
nation or rank which is equivalent
to Duke in tho English language.
The descendants of Confucius from a
distinct class in Chinese society some
what like the Levitical order of the
ancient Jews; and in 1671 there were
11,000 males alive bearing the famliy
name tiie mostof them of the seventy
fourth generation. Tiie Jate K’uug
Siang-K’o, as head of tho Confucian
clan, enjoyed the dignities and emol
uments of a noble of the first class tho
family estate covering an area of not
less than 165,000 acres. The functions
of the Dukes of K’ung are of a strictly
sacerdotal character and they are not
at liberty even to visst the capital
without express permission from tiie
throne.
The Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Inter-Ocean represents
Senator David' Davis as expressing
himself strongly in sympathy with
President Hayes’ new policy toward
the South, and in reference to tho
civil service, and as saying that,
while he acknowledges no party
affiliations, he shall give the Presi
dent a cordial support.
There is something sublime in the
courage of some Democratic editors
who are trying to work people into
a sweat over tiie deplorable condi
tion of tiie country.