The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-21
A PHHADELPHIA QUAkER.-Th

p1il.AJElf1lA QUAhER-l he
chequer board plan of Philadelphia, and
the uniformity of its buildings. are sins in
taste, for which in our humble opinion,
William Penn and his followers would re-
ceive utter condemnation by any jury of
architects But if Quaker heads are not
all cast in the same mould as Mcheal An
gelo's, their hearts are generally develo' q
ed to the greatest amplitude of Chris =
charity. This remark might be fully.
Illustrated by pointing to certain hospitals,
asylums and like institutions, but it is our
present purpose merely to prove its ap-
plicabilty in particular case. A certain
Friend whom we very we'll know, was
recently at distant place of summer re-
sort. He stepped into the Post office one
morning, and while there, the Postmaster
asked him whether he knew any English
people stayingat the hotel. "Why does thee
ask?" said the Quaker. "Because," said
the postmaster, 'here are half dozen let
t,rs directed to England by the next steam
er, and as the postage to Boston is not
paid cannot send them. i'll cannot find
the writers of them, they will be forwar-
ded to the dead letter office in Washing
tom" Our 'friend'' looked at the letters
They were all double and he remarked
"they appear to be family letters, and 10
doubt will be most welcome if received,
or may cause great anxiety if they should
not be."-"I cannot help it," said the
postmaster. "Well, can, if thee cannot;
what is the POSTAGE" 'sFor six double
letters three dollars. "-"!IVell here is the
money; thee will please mark the letters
paid and send them to Boston," And
with this injunction, the Philadelphia Qua
ker left the Post Ofice-his pockets
not quite so heavy as when he entered,
but his heart, we are sure, great deal
lighter.-Phii. Nat. Ga@.
THE CUNARD STEAMERS.-The
Boston Democrat states, that the average
time occupied by each of these vessels, in
their passage from Liverpool to Boston.
has been as follows, viz: Acadia, IA days,
20 hours; Caledonia, ID days, 6 hours;
Britannia, IA days, 16 hours; Columbia,
IA days, 10 hours, average of all, Ia days,
II hours, including an averag, stop at
Halifax of 5 hours.
WARLIKE.-The Dusseldorf Gazette
states, from Russia, that there continues
to be great activity in the arsenals of that
country. Several war Steamers il adds,
''are building, each of which is to have
an engine of 300 horse power, is to carry
four 24.pounders, two 4S-pounders. and a
mortar of 100, and to have crew of $50
men, with AZ officers
Loss OF CAMELs IN THE INDIAN
WARs.-From the commencement of the
Afghanistan campaign, in 1888, to tie
present time, October, lS4O,) the num-
Der killed, stolen, or strayed, is some
what beyond ffty-fve thousand. he
average value of each may be taken u,
eight repees, which makes this single
item of war expenditure above foriy-fye
laos of rupees, or four hundred and fifty
thousand pounds.
1t will be interesting to mothers, and
indeed, to all the queens loyel subjects,
to know that the little Princess ROYAL
has passed two important epochs of in
fancy, namel y: "short coating'' and "wean-
ing;" the former event took place short
time ago, and the latter within the last
few days. London Globe.