The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-01-28
,gOv President tn Is 4.
HENRY CLAY,
OF KENTUCKY,


HENRY CLAY,
OF KENTUCKY,
Ga,nANs MAGAZINE We accidentally omit
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others Of the leading writers Of the country.
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ELxroy LycErM-" Should the Government
Of the United States pass law TO establish
protective Tariff"
This question has been most ably discussed at
three successive meetings of this institution, and
each time decided in the negative.
Cecil Democrat.
And you vaunt over il as though the locotoco-
ani-tariftites had gained some strength by it, do
VI, Did not that same society once upon a time
decide that more happiness was TO be found ina
savage, than in civilized life? and recommend
tina, we dcmosh our churches, our colleges, our
courts, our schoo-houses; that we burn our towns;
lay waste cur farms, throw aside our silks and
broad cloths, put on bear skins and enter the
woods again with war-shout, and war-club. If
that society didn't, other similar societies have,
and there's about as much wit and wisdom in tho
one decision, as in the other.
Escape from P,ison-On last Friday night
Dutchman, imprisoned for DEMONSTRATING, escap-
I'd from the jail in this place, by digging under
the foundation of the wall. He was confined in
one of the lower rooms of the prison, and mana
eei to raise plank Of the floor, by which means
ne entered an unoccuped CELL through the earth
en- floor ofwhich he dug to the depth Of four feet
until lie got beneath the wall; he then dug up to
the surface Of thu ground distance of eight feet,
much after the fashion of the burrowing of a fox.
Ahi' Oll- ''''p'N"tht WIS IL pItCc VI III OIu THsp,
the Loose earth he dragged back into the CELL and
he must have been engaged at the work several
nights Before daylight he would return to his
,som and put down the foor-pIank as usual, and
no one having occasion TO go into the cell, his
operations were not discovered till too late. lie
left all his clothes behind, except his shirt and
psntaloons.
Description.-A Dutchman, who can speak
but very little English; about # In. high ago
probably 40; face thin and somewhat wrnkled
GIL Nets The Housc of Delegates have
lately passed bill repeating law Of the last
Legislature prohibiting the setting of gill ne,s in
he head waters Of the Chesapeake This is
sw which very materially effects the interests
of the citizens Of this county and Hartford, par
ticularly those engaged IN fish ing, and they
should exert Themselves to the utmost to prevent
lis repeal. Let them make haste and momori-
alire the Senate before it is too late
Tho interests of the whole State as well az the
interests Of the people of this portion Of it, do
rnand that he law should exist.
There are in this county alone fifty fisheries
and tho proceeds of the sales of the fish caught
at them have amounted to from $50 900 to $780,
900, the most Of which sum is distributed annu-
ally among our citizens to pay for labour on tho
shores, for barrels, and for the produce OF the
farmer This great amount of fishing property
also pays very heavy tax to support the state.
II lisa well known fact that the value Of many
ofour fisheries have within late years very much
decrnased; the quantity Of shad caught is touch
less now than formerly, and in qualify thoy have
ds'erloratcd greatly, owing no doubt to the I'M
mems" numbers destroyed By the gill nets. All
the best shsd arc caught in them and fully one
fourth Of them arc destroyed by the cells, before
they are taken out OF the water, and thus lost to
the community. And who are tho persons en-.
gagged IN tho giil-net fishery For tho most part
thsy arc c'lizens Of New Jersey, Delaware, aud
Pennsylvania, men who, while they pay not
one farting to our treasury, lesson greatly the
Piots OF those who are taxed boayiIy TO support
The state. We aver that it would be aH fair to
make II lawful for them to reap tho hnrycpts Of
orr husbandmer, and carry thom Of without
leaving remuneration, as to ALLOW them to elI-
ter our rivers with their nets and carry off and
destroy the shad which afford 10 our fishermen
thu means Of paying their hsnds, and their taxes
Let thoss who are interested see to this matter.
QUery.-What was Mr. Lakeland about whor
tho bill passed the house, He being protty OK
t'nrvsly engaged IN fishing should have tst ar
interest in .hs subject
q A Temperance Meeting va, held