The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-09-09

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The SiubcnyiIle Herald says:-"rhc
steamer Zachary Taylor arrived at our
wharf Yesterday at II O'Clock, A. NJ.
She had on board fifty soldiers belonging
10 Western rhiiad.iphpa. A vote was
taken On her upward trip on tn, Presi-
dental question and 1t vas found that Of
IT," 10 soldiers there wer" i ) for Gen.
Taylor OF he calm naas~ ng ers, 105 in
number, there were IS ioi Taylor. So it
viii br seen out Of the 2SG there were
2l2 votes for Gen Taylor. 1t will not
f"Q'lr" much Of an adept at guessing 10
%ur:nisc who viii De elected President On
the !lh Of November next.
CMTAlN Tow MArsr,ALL rrox TIE
Hrlnr.-A grnt!rman writes to the
Louisville Journal, from Cynth,ana Ky,
that Capt y. +. Marshall made a most
eloquent speech there the other day in
favor Of Gen Tay lor's election. Tom it
Will BE- remembered, was one of the biz
guns OF the Locoioco party in 1Sil, but
he now cXhorts the Wli5s and Locoio-
cos to rush 10 The polls i'll November and
vote for Tay Ior.
TIE CHANGES or PoLTTIC1ANs.-In
lS4l, Charles +. Adams, who is now the
coadjutor of Martin Van Euren, PUBLISH
cd book on the annexation of Texas in
which he said:
'.'Thc principles Of liberty are never
safe in the hands of men who make
trade OF public affairs Mr.. Van Buren,
must be Judged by his proceeding course
lakcn as a whole, and from that let no
man dclude himself with II t belief that
h" is fixed 10 any thing but his own in
t"rcSt."
Northern Pennsylvania, according to
Mr.. Greeley, is on fire with ''lrre sol.7
He is travelling on the fakes, and
says: 81 am assured that Campbell. wing
is morally certain to heat NJ. Thomp-
. son in tn" Eli" Congressional District,
which will be GAIN
Az ANCIENT BlDLr. We We're shown
on Saturday, by Professor Winslow, a
Latin Bible, dated at Rome, Eth March,
1897. and thus 25l year, old, which was
found by one John l.. BROMLEY, Esq,
in the Convent OF st. Domingo, after the
city Of Mexico was taken by the late
American army. This rclict Of ancicnt
times, though bearing the mark of old
age, has still the appearance Ola healthy
constitution, both ontwardIy and inward
~. It will, doubtless, be considered 4
great curiosity by the ltcratl and anti
quarIans of our city, and can be seen ut
the school room of Prof. Winslow, cor
ncr Of Baltimore and Exeter streets.
Bait. Sun
/ Discharged VOLUNTEERS. Adiu-
tant General in Washington, has issued
a notice, as follows:
/ "Applcants for discharges, who
would be entitled to land bounty and
three months extra pay after serving out
the full period Of their enlistment, are
+ informed, if they receive their discharge
from service by way OF favor at their or
their friends request, that they forfeit
their claim to any bountv'
The Adutant General also announces.
that hereafter, when applications are
made for discharges, and no answer is
returned, it will be understood that the
application is denied.
REArrEARANcE OF THE GREAT COMET
OF l26l.-It appears highly probable
that The comet seen at Cambridge Mass.
Observatory on Monday night week is
not Enrkc'S, but that Of 1861 and 1886,
which has been so anXiousIv looked for
within few months by the astronomers.
1t was seen as early as the 9TH Of August
in the constellation Auri@a, by Peterson,
Of Altoona, (Drnmark,) who described it
as small. but bright and easily observed.
n. Y. Sun.
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