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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28
The Battle Of Bunker Hill.

a REMINlsCENcE.-A friend has fur.
nished us with sketch of the Battle OF
Bunker Hill, as written by British off
Ger to the Earl of Darlsmoulh. Also
some comments by patriotic Bostonian.
AS Tuesday was the Anniversary of that
memorable fight, a few Of the statements
will be read with interest.
The British officer says that at day
break on the morning Of the 17lh of June
l775, an alarm was produced by firing
from the Lively, ship of war. Soon after,
ii was asccrtained that the Americans had
broken ground; and were raising batle>
ry OH the heights of Charleston. They
were plainly seen at work, and in the
course of a few hours. battery of six
guns was playing upon their works. Soon
after body of men under Major Gen.
Howe and Brigadier Gen. Puget, were
embarked to drive them off. They Ian
ded without opposition, under the pro-
lection of some ships of war, bv whose
fire the Americans were kept within their
works. The British troops formed as
soon as landed, and the Americans on
the heights were seen to be in great force,
and strongly posted. 1t was then deem
ed necessary that the British troops should
be reinforced, until the whole amounted
10 body of about 1000 men. These
troops advanced, formed in two lines,
and commenced the attack by cannon,
ade from feld-pieces and howitzers.
They were stoutly resisted, but finally
the redoubt was carried. Attached is a
list of the killed and wounded on the
British, including Lieut.. Colonel; 2 Ma
iors;7 Captains; 0 Lieutenants; Is SER
geants; | drummer; and l9l rank and file
Killed, in addition to the wounded. The
Boston writer commenting on the above
says he frequently saw the regiments en-.
umerated, and he estimated them to a.
mount to 1850 men. He names nine
companies, of which, no mention is made
by the British officer, Gen Gage, in his
letter, although in the subsequent accounts
3o3 killed and wounded are given in the
companies alluded TO. He concludes
that the British force at the Battle of Bun
ker Hill must have exceeded 1000 men.
and he appends some observations said
to have been written by Edmund Burke,
on the official account. "By tins account"
says Mr.. Burke, sit appears that it has
cost 1864 of the troops killed and woun-
ded, to destroy a redoubt throw up only
on the overnight--that is, the 18th of
June. While. the same account proceeds
the loss of the Provincials must have been
considerable. Yet eight days after the
action, the British General, though CONS
pletely victorious, can tell us only of 100
buried and 30 wounded on the part Of
the AmericaHsn Further comments are
niIt III the same strain, and this passage
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28

STAINBUENs VEGETABLE PMLs.-Among the
many medicines of the day we know of none
which have gained more celebrity, or are more
worthy Of confidence, than Stainburn's Vcgeta-
BILE Extract Pills. They are mild and gentle,
but thorough and excellent cathartic. In cases
of costivenoss, bilious affections, impurity of
blood, Sc, they renovatc the system, strengthen
the digestive organs, and give tone and energy
to the nervous system. Being purely vegetable
they are perfectly safe. Experience has taught
us their good qualities, and induced us thus to
give them certificate of character" and re-
commend them to the 'sick and the afflicted.
Daily American Citizen, Albany.
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GENERAL JACKS0N-Cccil
County His Birth Place, &c.

The death Of the Hero of New Orleans,
if one may judge by the number of turned
column rules, has caused throughout the
country, an universal mourning on the
part of the locofoco press. Custom, in
This land, dooms to sable habilaments,
those who would seem to mourn for the
departed, and the common eye estimates
the amount of grief by the amount Of
Grape, but there are some, regardless Of
the multitude Of casual gazers, who, look
ing in beyond wells and scarfs, discover
the proportion to be inverse, and that an
abundance of black may cover up an a.
bundance of deceit who find that fashion
or interest is the main prompter to sor-
row, and that if the mounPrs succeed in
arrcsting the attention of the crowd, and
get their sombrencss made the subject Of
remark, the principal end of mourning is
accomplished, and The deep griefthat over
whelmed them is assuaged. The remark
just made is aimed at mourning ~ as
generally pracused, and not at those who
mourn in the particular case before U.s.
The locofoco politicians of the day, we
have no doubt, sincerely grieve over the
demise of General Jackson, but they must
permit us to think tina, their grief is aus>
ed, not so much by recollection and an
appreciation of the services he has render
ed his country, as by the realization that
their Oracle is dumb in death, and that
their party movements lose the mighty
sanction of his name. For years his last
letter produced talismanic effect. and
with the influence Of magic pointed OUT
to his party the right (2) and the ,crong-
different leaders and factions, like hungry
dogs over bone, would snarl and dispute
upon some mooted point in their creed Of
loaves and fishes, when swiftly amongst
them would appear a "last letter" from
the Hermitage, and forthwith confusion
would be transformed into harmony, and
with anointed eyes all would plainly see,
and marvel at their former blindness
With single dash of his pen, through
brambIe, fen and rock, he could smooth
channel for the flood CT Democracy,
ard following his guidance it was bold
and strong and furious, but, alas for its
progress, he guides it no more his last
"ast letter" has been written-no fresh
influence can emanate from his pen, and
rightly and truly may locolocosm mourn.
The biographies of General Jackson,
which have Teen some time before the
public, as well as the numerous shorter
ones prepared for the newspapers since
his death, state that he was born Of Irish
parents at Waxhaw Settlement in South
Carolina. With due Difference to all such
authorities, we beg leave TO say that there
is strong probability that the whole of
them are in error so far as regards the
place of his birth. The prevailing opin-
ion among the las, generation of inhabi-
tants around about the village of Turkey
town in this county, was that lie was born
near that place. OF the following facts,
there is no doubt An Irish emigrant,
named Jackson, with his wife and two
sons, small children, Immediately from
Ireland, settled near Turkeytown, Cecil
County, Md, and remained there about
year. While there, another son whom
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28
The Philadelphia Academy of
Fine Arts.

The directors and the committee Of
twenty stockholders, appointed immed-
a,ely after the desecra.ion of this building
by the torch of the incendiary, have
commenced collecting contributions for
the purpose of rebuilding this academy,
and adding to the collection Of painting
and statuary; and the committee, it is sta
ted, have thus far found liberal spirit
enkindled, and number Of the citizens
of Philadelphia have contributed hand
some amounts.
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Boston.

A correspondent writes, that men doing
business in Boston can live twenty miles
out in SEVEN different directions, and 60
home to dinner by railroad, and not be
absent more than two hours These ia
ciilcs of intercourse with the surroun>
ding country have given an immense i'm
petus to the business of the city, and
filled up the population of the neighbour
ing towns. A census of the city is now
being taken; it is thought the population
will range between l05 and ITO ,hous-
and.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28

The Progress of Refnemen, is striking
ly illustrated by bulches, who keeps
his shop in the upper part of Broadway.
In the rear of his shambles two broad
folding doors open into handsome and
rather stylish retiring. room, fashionably
and luxuriously carpeted and furnished
for the accommodation Of his customers.
The cenre-lable is flied with newspapers,
periodicals, SC. That man has steak
in good society.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28

By an act of the Assembly of Pennsyl-
vanla, passed the 10Th of APRIL, 1915, ii
is provided ''ihat, from and after the pass
sage of this act, the standard weigh, of
Rye and Indian Corn in this Common
wealth, shall be fly sir pounds for each
and every bushel thereof.
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r. G'E'Ee'E.

There will be Public Meeting in the
Presby terrain Church in Elklon, on Tues"
day evening, July 1st, ats o'clock. The
Rev Mi. POWELL Of Philadel phia will
address the meeting on the subject Of a
more strict observance of the Sabbath, and
the importance of forming County Sab
bath Society.
The public are respectfully invited to
attend.
EIkton, June %.
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The Middle Ten Thousand.

A shrewd Yankee, one of the sconstid
recH sort, has opened house at Harlem,
N. Y, opposite the new hotel, and
hung out his sign-"For the middle Ten
Thousand," wishing to avoid as it would
seem the two frtremes of society which
sometimes meet-ihere.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28
ArtsaUr's Magazine.

The July number of this useful and
beautiful periodical has been received
!! is embellished by two beautiful pic
lures, "Olivia." a splendid mezzotint, and
"Fanueil Hail." an excellent steel line en-
craving. 1t is well filled with interesting
literary matter.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28
MARRIED.

On Thursday evening the 18th ultimo,
by the Rev. NJ. Ellison Of the New Jer-
sey Conference, Mr.. Mr.. LEWIS ELLISON,
Jr., of New Castle county Del, to Miss
ELIZABETH W., daughter OF Joshua De-
putty, of Cecil Co., Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28
For The Cecil Wing.
TUT Ht CttIl W ing.
TO THE BARD OF TIE N--,DFS

TO THE BARD OF TIE Nd.
RESPECTFULLY.
Mid yonter trembling boughs the moon
A flood of liquid silver throws,
And climbing to her highest noon
With mild but gently lustre glows.
The busy multitude on earth
Have dotlcd their robes of care awhile
And d"mncd the rosy garb Of mirth
To bask at ease in dams Smile.
The vulgar sounds of daylight DER,
No iangling discord fingers near;
Beauty alone attracts the eye
And melody delights the ear.
Yon Stately College halls so late
The scene of earning's harmless strife,
Are now all lone and desolatc;--
A tomb-hkc building, void Of life.
Tcmb-Hke il in very truth,
For no one can this truth deny,
That in its walls, slain by its youth,
Whole scores Of murdered authors lie.
The tortured sciences complain,
And cruciiicd, from black boards stare;
While, slaughtered DER and DER again,
Dead languages lie buried there.
"Sicilian MUSES. let us crne
OH Mayor Paul" $ the tyro cries;
Great Maro's ghost, evoked in vain
Astounded, shocked, atfrightcd, flies!
Who made .Mucenas, say old gent;"f
Scared Flaccns gapes with mute surprise,
Swallows brd:en monnment,t
And oian indigestion dies!
But stay; see yonder easement bare
Send forth athwart the evening dew
yelowish red, "non fulgens' glare,
Which Cynthia's cresset never knew!
Within some studous wight no doubt,
dissatisfied with tolls by day,
Still digs a Glecian radix out,
Or piles up roots from algebra.
Already with prophetic eye
lie strives, nor strives in vain to see
The end of his commencement nigh,
The minute Of his own degree.
you've seldom busied," Presses cries,
$50 toddlc hic my little haddo,
by virtue Of this go,sn so wise
Hoe bit o'shccpskin tibi tradO."
But bark again! with rafting sound
The students window now doth ope,
And forth projecting, pecring round,
Behold that ''rusty telescope"
Awhile the quasi-Junior starcs,
Then quickly to his desk he hics,
Eager TO doubt to note the bears
He has observed amid the skies
But bark, once morcr Two little sprtes
That lately in his room have played,
Declares It's poetry he writes,
For they have DER his paper strayed;
The only stars he cares to see
Shine through n mist of waving curls;
He's no astronomer, not he,
He's "taking notes" of s'"s~"'s girls!
INCOGNITISSIMA
Newark, June cath,
Sicelides musm, paulo majcra canamus.-
First line Of Virgil'S fourth Eclogue.
tQui fit Mgcenas, &c.-First line ofHoract
Saiires.
! Excgi monumcntum &c.-Fira line of +
lagt ode Of Book III.
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SANTA ANNA.

1t is now stated that Santa Anna has
been banished for erer, from Mexico
Canazelo and Basadre for ten years-the
other four, who fled, will be provided for
hereafter. Santa Anna and the rest were
obliged to satisfy their creditors before
leaving the country.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28

A letter from Calcutta, dated April 9,
TO the New York Commercial, Says
"Fhe cholera IS raging here From 5 to
6 hundred die daily though not many a.
mong the shipping"
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Remarkable.

In l76S man named Gllet, of Pat
cEogue. l.. l., cut his uame on the shell of
Tortoise and let it go; and in 1914 the
Tortoise SO marked was found crawling
over Gilets grave.
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occurs: 40 be serious am for my
own part convinced, that the event flhis
execrabe dragooning is decided. and tina,
before winter, there will not be a single
soldier Of Lord Bule's and Lord Mans
fields mercen4ry troops left on The CONT
nept of American
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28

a5-A strolling vocalist by the name of
John Still, absquatulated from this city on
Friday without remembering to settle any
of his bills Lancaster Union.
We doubt hot his last song amended to
apply TO the poor printers, is ".SHH so
gently from them stealing"
MteWgencer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28
TEN N ESSEE.

The election in Tennessee takes place
on the first Thursday of August next. A
Governor, eleven members of Congress,
and members of the State Legislature, are
to be chosen. The latter will have the
election of an U. S, Senator in place OF
Mr. Foster.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28
Counterfeit Dollars.

The New York Express says that a
large amount of spurious Mexican dol
lars are in circulation in the northern part
of that State. They are well executed,
and well calculated to deceive any but
hood judges. Out of sixteen dollars Of
iered at store in Ogdensburg a few days
since, fourteen were base.
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Rhode Island General Assembly

The Legislature was to convene in
Newport yesterday, agreeably to their
adjournment! in May. The subject of the
Liberation of Thomas w. Dorr will again
come before them, in the shape of a re-
port from the committee appointed at the
last session, to whom the petitions on
that subject were referred.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28

SAGE TEA, is said by an sold Stager"
who has tried 1t for years, to he an infal-
lble cure for Bolts, or rather sure death
to them. He says he never knew it to
fail in single instance.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28

During a recent shower of rain near
Louisville, numbers of small fish, three
or four inches long, fell with the rain
They were all alive and kicking.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28

Com. Morris has been ordered out to
make explorations on the line of the H.
linois and Michigan Canal, with reference
to the subject of national ship canal.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28
THAT'S GOING 1T.

The distance between London and Bir-
mingham was lately performed in one
hour and As minutes--ll0 miles in los
minutes,
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Portraits for Louis Philippe.

The Louisville Gazette states that Mr.
liealy is now at Ashland, executing the
portrait of Mr.. Clay, for the King of the
French, which it is said bids fair to be a
masterpiece.
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Veto.

The Governor of Iowa has vetoed the
bill for submitting to the people again
next August. This will keep tina, terri
tory out Of the Union another year.
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HARD TO PEAT.

Jane Mehafley, foreman of the Haml-
ton (Ohio) Inteligencer, sat eighteen
thousand, three hundred and four ems in
ii hours.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28
IRON ORE.

Excellent in quality and inexhaustible
in quantity, has been discovered in the
vicinity of Milton Union county, on the
West Branch of the Susquehanna river.
Union s Sentinel.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-28

Suddenly, on Tuesday evening, at his
residence near Fair Hill, Mr.. WILLIAM
REY NoLDS, aged SO years, highly es-
teemed by all who knew him. Thus
within day of each other, we have lost
two estimaDle citizens, who lived less
than mile apar I, on terms of intimate
friendship, and who were beloved, and
looked up to, by large circle of relatives
and friends.
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D | E D.

On Monday night last, after lingering
illness of two months, Mr.. II ENRY
SPEN CE, in the 59lh year of his age.
He was a man of mark in his neighbor>
hood, of striking individuality of charac-
ter. and without the advantage of educa-
ton, his strong sense gave him an influ =
ence. more or less felt, for miles around
his abode.
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McKee,.

An Naturalization of Twenty Millions
of dollars, five to be paid down, and ff-
teen to remain a debt.
An arrangement of the boundary.
A compact not to unite with the United
States, and the guarantee Of France and
England.
The following anecdote is related of
c. Nj. Keller, who lately resigned his
place OF Examiner in the Patent Office:
A letter was received by Mr.. Ellsworth,
Commissioner of the Patent Office, from
MIR. Buchanan, requesting HIM to furnish
him with list of the officers under him,
their place, age, the length Of time they
had been in the Department, amount of
salary, SC.
Mr.. Keller, long and favorably known
as one of the Examiners; was first called.
Where were you born, sir2' Answer
ed.
'IIow long have you been in this Officer
Since 1921, SIR
what is your age, sir?' Answered.
'What is your salary?
S 500 per annum.'
did you vote las, ial?'
u did not, sir, as ] was not entitled to
vote, being a resident of the District. Are
those all the questions you have to ask2'
Yes, sir, that's all.'
'Well, sir, as you have made memoir
a"dum of my answers, please TO add, that
if | had been entitled to a vote, ] should
have voted for Henry Clay of Kentucky.
am, and have always been, and | hope
that may always remain WING.
Ellsworth, the Celebrated pedestrian,
completed his second great match of walk
ink one thousand miles in one thousand
hours, at New Orleans on the morning of
the Sth inst.
elbow long did Adam remain Paradise
before he SHINE DE-" said an amiable spouse
to her loving husband.
"Till he got wife," answered the hus
band calmly.
The fair addresses of the Lowell Of
fering requests that postmasters III future
not to address them as dear Sir"-lt
seems so odd to them.
ANOTHER FOREIGN AIMS HOUSE Ex-
FLOODED
ErTwo thousand, four hundred and
sixty one emigranls arrived in N. Y. last
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The fair addresses of the Lowell Of
lering requests that postmasters iii future
not to address them as dear Sir"-it
seems so odd TO them.
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ANOTHER FOREIGN AIMS HOUSE EX-
PLoDED'
sJ-Two thousand, four hundred and
sixty one emigranls arrived in N. Y last
week
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GLOW long dad Adam remain Paradise
before he SHINE d9'' said an amiable spouse
to her loving husband.
"1'ilI he go. wife," answered the hus
band calmly.
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Siceides musm, paulo majora canamus.-
First line Of Vugirs fourth Eclogue.
Qni fit M@cenas, &c.-First line ofLorace' S
Sdfires.
| Excgi monumcntum &c.-Frst line of the
last ode Of Book III.
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PROSPECTUS on THE NEXT lor l7lhl van

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1 of readers who would be glad to receive il and
samong whom it is highly desirable that it should
Scirculate. For the purpose therefore, of largclv
widening the range of its usefulness, and of Mill
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tcessibie, il has been determined, simultaneousIv
with the great reduction in the expense of the nn.i
age. to reduce its subscription price also from Err
TO only Three dollars; and when several unite in
subscription to as low So so, or even So 30 ner
annum. f
This very large reduction in the receipts (accom
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vast multiplication OF its subscribers There will
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Der of pages; soon to be restored to its old numbrr
without increase Of price. when the ant,cin,te6
success Of the experiment shall justify it,
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costly style .han heretofore
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over 100 miles, eghteeH cents.
we look for an extension of circulation to be
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compensation of this great reduction of price :
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principles and cause, is confidently appealed TO TO
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HOW TO BE MISERABLE

Sit as your window and lock over the way 10
your neighbor's excellent mansion, which he has
recently built and paid for, and sigh out. g Oh
that was rich man!'
Get angry with your neighbor and think Won
IN tho world. Shed tear or two and take a
have not walk in the burial ground. continually
saying 10 yourself-Whens shall be buried here Is
Slgn note for a friend and never f,roet vonr
Kindness; and every day whisper to Yourself
" wonder If he will pay that note 2"
lhinK every body means to cheat you. Close.
~ examine every bill you take, and doubt lis
oeing genuine, till you have put the owner Ia a
deal oi trouble. Believe every ninepence passed
you Is but sixpence crossed, and express your
DOUBTS about your getting rid of it if You should
venture To take it,
fnt confidence in nobody and believe every
man you trade with to be a rogue
Never accommodate, ifyou can possiblv helm i,
Never visit The sick afflicted, and never give
tarthng To assist the poor
Buy as cheap as yon can and screw down :,
the lowest mill Grind the faces and the hear.
Of the unfortunate
Brood over your Distnrtunes-your lack of tai
ents, and believe at no very distant dav Won vii
come to want. Let the workhunse be ever
your mind; with all the horrors of distress an
poverty.
Then you will be miserable to your hearts can
teni-If we may so speak sick at heart. and at var,
ance with all The world. Nothing will cheer
ehcourage-nothlng throw CLEAN of sunshine
ray OF warmth into your heart. All will be
dark and as cherries as the grave