The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-07-01


amongst the millions that will belong to
it, who does not concur in what stated.
We may not get money from America al
ter this dc claration; but even if we should
not, we do not want blood stained money
Hear, hear Ifthey make it a condition
Of their sympathy, or il there be implied
any submission TO the doctrine of slavery
on our part in receiving remittances, let
them cease sendingit at once"
DEATH BY LIGHTNING. The Milton
(Pa.) Register, of last Saturday, relates
the following affecting incident:
"a few miles from Wil,iamsport,
Lycoming county, a family, consisting of
a father, mother, and four children, were
engaged in family devotion on the Sun
day evening preceding. The father and
mother were both killed by lightning,
while the four children we're preserved
unframed"
We know nothing Of the family thus
visited-their very name is withheld.
Nor is it, indeed of much consequence;
for, perhaps, in the place where portion
Of them have gone, and the rest were being
prepared to 60, "a new name is given
which no man knoweth. But the Wis
ilation is remarkable, as we'll for the
circumstances in which the family was
found as for the effect which it pro-
duced
The Sabbath had passed away-.he pi-
ous duties of the sanctuary had been
performed. And when the sun had gone
down and darkness had covered the earth
and the spirit Of the elders was invited to
contemplation, and the hearts of the little
one shrunk in the gloom, then it was that
devotion lighted up her fires for the
evening sacrifice.
The scene is beautiful, as Imagination
draws it by such aids as we have above
beautiful without adventurous orna-
ments. The larger Of the gentle flock
had kneeled in consciousness Of duty.
The mother was bending over the little
one, whose mind had yet conceived but
crudely the idea of worship, save that He
was the father even Of her father, and of
all; and on bendsd knee, with the palms
of her hands in contact, and her tiny fin
gers laid together, and ali resting on her
mothers lap, she and the rest were i'll the
influences of the good mans pray and
the broad flashes Of lightning that played
upon the visages of the worshipping con-
gregation seemed to awaken new fervor
in the leader Of the evenings devotion.
Solemn and earnest was the emphasis
of the father when he said ''deliver US
from evil" f,r the flash Of lightning, the
crash of thunder, and rafting of the shut
ter made the "amen' of the worship
pers die away in shrek of despair.
v hen the children rose from amid the
wreck around them, there was no voice to
sooth their fears, no breast upon which TO
pillow the head, no lap upon which they
could rest their hands folded in prayer.
'Who will take care of us now," would
be the first exclamation Of the elder and
most thoughtful, "now that mother and ia
Their are gomez" And the answer would
be found in the breathing of the least of
the flock, who half stunned by the appal.
ling event, wonld continue to repeat the
| words she was uttering when the tempest
broke, "Our Father who art in heaven"
Thus across the storm which has pro-
strated that upon which they had leaned
for support, the light of consolation is
poured; and when despair was marked
the bow of promise sprung.-U. ). Gas.
A WORKING BIRD.-The lively New
York correspondent of the National In
ielligencer, thus notices one Of the sights
in the great metropolis
One Of the street shows Of Broadway
for the last few DAYS has been very ac-
complished canary bird, offered for sale
on the broad sidewalk in front Of St.
Paul's. His cage was fitted with rail-
road and deep well, and when he was
hungry he drew car up an inclined plane
containing seed, and when thirsty he drew
miniature bucket Of water from his deep
well--very much to the delight Of
crowd of boys and bystanders. He GER
tainly got his provender BY the sweat of
his feathers--for ii looked very hard
work-and was a curious instance of a
purely ornamental creature put to hard
labor for his living.
A QUEER COR. The Rome N. Y ork
Citizen states that Mr. Brown Of Lea
Centre, has colt with two perfectly for
med heads and necks. The colt is large
and full grown, and perfect IN all respects,
The heads are precisely alike, aud the
necks entirely distinct and separate from
the breast and shoulders; the spines Of the
necks>continue on through the body two
separate back bones, uniting at the tail.