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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-09-16

From TExAs.-By the arrival of the
steamship Globe, at New Orleans, on the
3lst ult., we have received our files Of
Texas papersto the Goth August, inclu-
Slre.
The storm of the 18th ult was very
severely felt in Texas, but fortunately
dld little HARM AT Galveston the dam
age was considerable.
We see some complaints made in the
papers Of the ill-effects of the late heavy
rims upon the crops, but the reports are
generally satisfactory
We learn fom the Austin Democrat
that an expedition is preparing to set out
from San Antonio to Chihuahua, with
view to make survey Of the nearest and
most practicable route. The expedition
is to be under the command OF Col. &c.
Hays. All the necessary expenses hav,
already been provided for by subscrip.
ton in Bexar county. The whole dis
lance from Sal Antonio to Chihuhua IL
said not much to exceed 300 miles: and
from the coast ofTeyas to the same place
the distance is therefore but little over
400 mules, This expedition is to set ont
about the lst of September,
In the Austin Democrat of the 18th
ult., we find the following paragraph,
which may be interesting 10 TIE "Ousel
Owls"
We learn by a gentleman recently
from the Rio Grande, that there isa gen.
eral revolutionary movement gong on
in the eastern portion of Mexico. In the
several towns, parties are forming under
different pretexts; but the real object OF
which lsto ascertain the public strength
of the opposition to the Central Govern
ment' The leading men are arousing
the lover classes against the existing
Government, and citizens of the United
States are busily at work among them.
Mr.. Peoples, late editor OF the Ameri-
can Star, i'll the city of Mexico. IS now
about to re-establish his paper at Corpus
Christi.
On the 18th ult. an ARRAY occurred in
Montgomery, between Dr.. E. ]. Arnold
and Thomas Jones blacksmith, in which
the latter was killed.
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BENEFIT OF LIME On FARMS. a cores
pendent OF The York (Pa.) Republican,,
gives several Instances of The cxtraor ainary
improvement Of farms in thai vicinity by
the use Of lime. III speaking o! portion
oithe country south of York. which was
called the BaIrens he says--sthe farmers
could moi raise produce sufficient for their
wants, and depended in grea, degree, for
supplies ofgrain upon HE limestone valiea.
They we're consumers instead of p, oducers'
Lime having been applied 10 the farms thus
reproductive, wonderful change; has been
effected. The writer notices. in particular
The improved condition Of the farms Of
MesSrs. E !ward Jessop, John Evans, and
Jacob Weiser. OF the first lie says:
'Some years ago this was farm in ruin,
worn out and uproducllve. 1t is now
through the enterprise and judcious man
aSement of the proprietor, become one OF
the most handsome and productive farms
in the neightorhcol. Abundant crops OF
grain are growa, and other produce, impro-
we'd fruits of all kinds are there, and valu-
able Nursery, with Improvements OF every
KIND, lha. render il a pleasant and profla.
BILE residence, which once was one of the
waste places of the land. All this has been
done BY the application of lime, aided by
manures. which every farmer can secure
and make available by proper attention. i
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To those lrho t.ke no interest in PoliiitS.-
In letter written in 1898, LamAr,ine thus
beautifully and relisiousy explains his'no~
,ves for entering political ife:-When The
Divine Judge shall appear before o'lr con-
science at the enI OF our birf journey here
below, our modes,y, onr weakness will not
be an excuse for our iuaclon' 1t will "a
ofno avail 10 reply, we were nothing, we
could 10 nothing. we we're but IA 4 grain
of sand. He will say to us,"I placed be-
fore yon, in your day. the two scales Of
beam, by which the destiny Of the human
race was weighed in one was good, is Tho
oher evil. You were but grain Of sand
no doub, but who told you that grain of
sand would ro,have caused the balance to
incline on my side. You have intelligence
to see, conscience to decide, and you
should have placed this grain OF sand in
one Or The other; yon did neither. Lrt,hs
wind driit it away;it has 10! h"ea oi any
ose 70 v0n ol Ia yo,u tir!hier,
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A Coop SET OF PRlNclpLEs.-The Phila-
delphia City Item puts forth the following
Sc. fprinciples, which, in our opinion, are
infinitely better than the principles of any
political party we have ever heard tell Of
but, we wonderf Mr.. Fitzgerald practices
what he preaches' He says,
eco TO bed early and rise early. Keep
your room well ventilated. Use cold wafer
freely, externally and internally. Eat Just
enough, and take your time TO ii, making
your jaws and teeth do their duty. Never
&c, into a passion. If you have dog send
him to Mexico 10 join tie Buffalo hun,
Turn up your nose al arden, spirits. Main.
tain your indepence by keeping ou, of debt.
Don't take an article you have not he
money 10 pay for it. Do unto others as you
would have others do unto you. Ifyou car
not speak well Of a man lei him alone. Be
charitable. Ifyou have no money you can
give Kind and encouraging words. Aim to
do good Mind your own business. Make
home happy. Vote for cheap postage Pay
in advance, for good newspaper. Edu-
cate your chidten. Live within your means
Laugh and grow ia!'
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ARmy GGNERAL ORDER. In m on,,,

ARmy GENERAL ORDER. In an oc,,,
Tom the War Department, Angus, ~. IT,;
tel States i divided into two Military Geo
graphical Divisions. Eastern and Wes,sr,
and each division suhdlvided into Miltary
Departments, the eastern into four; and Tho
estern into nine Divisions. The East
ern Division comprises the county eas, nc
line drawn from Fond tn Lac, Lake ST.
perior, 10 Cape Sable, FiorL.. The w.,
eFn Division. the country ives, ola line
draw Tom Fond du Lac Lake Super;or
to Cape Sable, Florida including Slate ~,
Texas and Territory of New Mexico
there aye also two seperae depar,men,s:-
No 10 the Territory of California, MOI,
lie Territory of Oregon. In department, No
,, Eastern Division, is New York, New
Jersey Pennsylvania, Delaware and Ma.
ryland, and in department No 4. y;ry;u-
ia sc.
Ihe general distribution of,he reuimeu,a
and corps constituting the peace ee,abl,sb.
ment is also announced.
MAJOR General Scott has been orJer.d II
The command of the Eastern Division, head
quarters at New York, Major General
Gaines, 10 Baltimore, and MAJOR Wool 10
Albany.
Major General Taylor continues il Conn.,
mand OF the Western Division, headquar-
tiers at or in The VIC nifty of New Orleans.
with Breve' Major General Twiggs for the
department. No. 8, aad Breye, Mai Gen
kearnev, at St. Louis,
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SHAKING TIE CoMMoNwEALTH.-Cist,
ofthe Cincinnati Enquirer tells CAPT.
tai story about a constable in Pennsyl-
vania. He had served legal precept
of some sort upon an old friend Of his
who, greatly drunk at the time, rebelled
against the law and its myrmidon, seiz-
ing the officer and shaking him almost to
pieces. The parties meeting few days
after, Jim, the offender, was profuse in
his apologies. you know, jake" SAID
he, 81 would not have served you so If
had been sober it was the whiskcy did
it all. The official at last Modified and
re!ented, under Jnn's e>postulations
Gas to the shaking, l don't bear any NAL
ice, nor valley tia cent on my own ac'
count; but as an officer, Jim, rccollecI
whoever shakes ne, shakes tie Common
, WfrM"
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Keep it before the PeoDlc.

That General Cass was at one time n rank Fed
cralist, and wore tho bla ok cockade to distin.
guish him from the Republican Party.
Keep it before the People,
That General Cass employed his time while in
Europe, in writing tho pra Uses of Louis Philippe
who has since been driven from France by his
wronged and indignant subjects.
Keep it before the People,
That General Cass labored to plunge our coun-
try into bloody, expensive, and terrible war
with England in Regard to Oregon.
Keep 1t before the People,
That General Cass was in favor OF the war with
Mexico, which has cost us 1000, 900 Of dol
lars, and thousands of valuable lives.
Keep it before the People,
That General Cass, contrary to the spirit Of our
institutions, and the counsel of Washington; is in
FAVOR OF max ing war upon foreign nations for the
purpose OF robbins them ofther Territory.
Keep it before the People,
That General Cass voted a censure upon that
brave old General Zachary Taylor, for the cap
iula,lon at Monterey-and We dare any of his
friends to deny It,
Keep il before the People,
That General Cnss cannot get the vote Of the
North, because he is not sound on the subject Of
slavery.
Keep ii before the People,
That General Cass did not break his sword ut
HulI's surrender; but that Col. Mc.7rthur was
the man. and again we challenge denial
Finally
Tell it in Gath and publish it in the streets Of
Askelon;
That General Cass has been seeking the Pres-
dency for years-that he has been every thing by
turns and nothing long-that he is a caterer for
public favor and would sacrifice the best inter-
es,s ofhis country at the shrine Of unholy ambl.
ton.
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DEATH OF CAPT MARRYAr.-We regret,
says the New York Star, to observe the death
of Captain Marryat announced in the En-
g'ish papers. He visited this country some
where abou, the year 1885, and,appcared 10
be much gra,iGed with his trip He was Il
man of nndoub,ed literary talents, and his
Peter Simple, and other tales will long con-
lnue TO be popular He was plain and un-
assuming il his nanners-frank and socia-
Bile in his habits; bul he got into some un-
important difficulties in this country, with
literary men and others He mus, have been
about 65years Of age.
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A LETTER FROM M,LLARp FlLLMoRE-The
Mobile Advertiser publishes correspondence
between the Hon. John Gayle, of Alabama, and
the Hon. Willard Fillmore. MIR. Gayle, it ap-
pears. wrote to Mr. Fillmore to inquire of him
whether he was really an abolitonist, as has been
charged against him at the South, to which he
replies as follows:
ALBANY, n. Y, July 81, 1913.
Hon. John Gayle--Dear Sir: have your let
ter of the 18th inst, hut by official duties have
been compelled to neglect my private correspon-
dents. ] had also determined to write no let
tiers for publc1tion bearing upon the contest in
the approaching canvass. But as you des re
information for your own satisfaction in regard to
the charges brought agains: me from the South
on the slave question, Ihave concluded to state
briefly my position.
While I was IN Congress, there was much ag-
alio on the right Of petition. My votes will
doubtless be found recorded uniformly in favor oil
it. The rule upon which acted was that eve
ry citizen presenting respectful petition to the
body that by the constitution had the power to
grant or refuse the prayer oft, was entitled 10
be heard; and therefore the petition ought to be
received and considered. fright and rcasona-
Die, the prayer of it should be granted, but if
wrong or unreasonable it should be denied. |
think all my votes, whether on the reception Of
petitions or the consideration of resolutions, will
be found consistent with this rule.
! have none of my Congressional documents
fere, they being at my former residence in But
talo, nor have access to any papers or memoran
da to refresh my recollection, but think at
some time while in Congress took occasion to
state in substance my views on the subject ofsla
very in the States. Whether the remarks were
reported or not i am unable to say, but the sub
stance was, that regarded slavery as an evil,
but one with which the National Government
had nothing to do. That, by the Constitution
Of the United States, the whole power over that
question was vested in the several States where
the institltion was tolerated. If they regarded
It as blessing they had constitutional right
TO enjoy 1t, and if they regarded it as an evil they
had the power, and knew best how to apply the
remedy. did not conceive that Congress had
any power over it, or was in any way, RESPONSE
BILE for its continuance in the several States where
it existed. | have entertained no other senti-
mens on this subj ect since examined it .suffici'
emily to form an opinion, and doubt not that
a my acts, public and private, will he found in
accordance with this view. have the honor to
he your obeden, servHnt,
MnLARp ruI MORE.
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For The Cecil Why.
StanZas.

Oh were it mine TO own the love
OF but one honest heart,
know the pleasure would rsprove
The slightest wish to part.
And should the envious world refuse
To smile upon our JOY,
No poison should IT'S hate nfiIso
Which could that bliss alloy.
Our love should I've a hidden rose
-untelt-unknown,
Save by those in whose hearts it grows
Luxuriantly alone.
Let me iorego all earthly bliss
To share the smiles Of one,
And feel thai can have IN this
Still more then all shun.-C.
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WEARY OF LlFE-A VALUABLE
LESSON.

In letter dated Trenton Falls, Aug Il,
Mr.. N. p Willis relates the following CO.
rious anecdole:
Among our fellow passengers up the Mo
hawk, we had in two adjoining seals very
impressive cont.as', an insane youth on his
way 10 an asylum, and the mind that has
achieved the Creates triumph of intellect in
our time, NOISE of the electric telegraph, on
an GRAND connected with the convenience
of,hought by lightning. In the course Of a
brief argument on the eypediency Of putting
an end 10 defeated and hopeless existence
Mr.. Morse said that, ten years ago, under
i'll health, and Encouragement, he would
gladly have availed himself of any divine
authorization for terminating life ofwhich
the possessor was weary. The sermon that
lay in this chance remark-The loss of
priceless discovery in the world, aud the
loss Of fame and fortune 10 himself which
Won ID have followed death thus prema-
turely seif-chosen-is valuable enough |
think: 10 justify the invasion o. the sacred
ness fprivate conversation which comm,
by thus giving il TO print. May some one,
aweary Of the world read ii TO his profit.
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PRAcTrcE IN THE Court OF CHANcERy.
"A change of practice has recently ia
ken place in the Court of Chancery of
this State in consequence of a decision
Of the Court of appeals at the June term.
The Annapolis Free Press says
During the time of Chancellor Kitty,
and it Is supposed, up to the appointr ent
Of the late Chancellor, it had been the
practice, to require the affidavit of the
complainant as to non-residence, before
decree would be passed on an order for
publication. This practice was depart
ed from by the late Chancellor; and has
been revived by Chancellor Johnson un-
der the above decieion. The affidavit is
OF course &c par'c. and may be filed at
any time before the decree.
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-u'iy iotiiiIie
A local habilation and name"

A little experience and observation
will prove to them that the philanthropy
which novels teach, dissipates all its
(ervor in signs and tears and idle aspira
',ons, instead Of rescrving it for execu-
ton sud effort; that novels design only
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That General Taylor is their candidate ior the
Presidency.
Keep it before the People,
That General Taylor is the man whom General
Cass voted to censure for the capltulation of
Monterey.
Keep it before the People,
That General Taylor is the hero Of Fort Elarri-
son, Okee Chobee, Palo Alto, Rtsaca de la Pal
ma Monterey, AMI ever-memorable Buena Wis.,
t., and that he has never lost battle, no matter
what the odds against HIM.
Keep it before the People,
That General Taylor goes for the real Republic
can doctrine, that all power is vested in the PEG
pie, and that the President is only their agent
Keep it before tho People,
That General Taylor is opposed to making war
to acquire Territory-that he It in favor OF at
tending to our own business and leaving others
TO do the same.
Keep it before the People,
That General Taylor will administer the Gov.
eminent in the good old way" of Washington
with an eve to tho interests of the whole Peo-
pie, without respect to party.
Keep it before the People,
That Genera. Taylor, instead of seeking the Pres
idency, has devoted his whole life to the good OF
his country; that he is a plain, honest, common
sense farmer whose days have been spent not in
the Palace of Louis Phllippe-not among the
proud aristocracy of Europe, not in the pleasure
and luxures of Washington city-but in the wilds
of the far west, in the savannahs of FLORIDA, on
the parched plains Of Mexico, at the head o. his
gallant soldiery-with no couch but the hard
earth, no covering but the broad canopy of the
skies.
And lastly
Tellit in Gath, publish ii in Askclon.
That General Taylor will receive the votes Of
thousands of honest, hard listed Democrats, who
love him because no is plain, honest and patriot
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The SEVERE DRoucnT. The papers in
every direction are complaining OF our Sc
we're drought, In. the vicinity of New York
vegetation is burnt up, and pasture 70. cattle
being very. scarce. The Croon river is
found 10 be perfectly dry, and all the wa
Ter which comes TO the city is supplied by
The dam aud and reservoir In Massachus,
sets the crops are burning up. In Con-
neclicu', at New Haven aud vicinity, a
severe drought is prevailing,''whiIe al Hart
ford, and even a, Meriden, CHE latter only
ifeen miles from New Haven there has
been 4 good supply ofrain. In New Jersey
The damage TO the crops fom the drought
has been estimated as high as one half.
From Pennsylvania AMI Delaware we sl'o
hear comp,.nS.
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And lastly

Telllt in Gath, publish il in Askclon.
That General Taylor will receive the votes Of
thousands Of honest, hard listed Democrats, who
love him because no is plain, honest and patriot
ic, and because he $ one otlhe People.
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UNIVERSITY Of Pennsylvania, Medical DePart-
J rnent, Session of Is4s-'49-The medical lectures
will commence Monday, the 10th day oil October, and
be delivered under the followin arrangement;
Theory and practice of medicine, by Nathaniel Chap
man, NJ. ID. - =. -
Anatomy bv William T.. Homer, M. ID.
Mniera Medica and Pharmacy, by George B. Wood,
NJ ID. =. :,
Chemistry by James b, Rogers, M. d.
Snryerv by William Gibson, M. ID.
Obstetrics and the diseases of and children, by
Hugh H. Hodge. M d.
Institutes OF medicine, by Samuel Jackson, M. ID.
Clinical instruction, at the Pennsylvania Hospital, by
George b. Wood, NJ d. on medicine, and Geoge w Nor
ris NJ. d, surgery twice week.
Demons,rative instruction medicine and surgery, twice
week. by the Professors of the Medical Faculty. assisted
by W. w Gerhard M. ID, and Henry III. Smith, M. d.
Preliminary lectures viii be delivered daily from the I'd
10 the iith OF October, inclusive.
The rooms for practical anatomy will be open from Qc-
tober LIST to the end of March ensuing John Ne' NJ d.
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Amount of fees for lectures in the University, sos
MANIPULATING fee (paid once only) o
Hospital fec ~
Practical anatomy ~
Graduating fee
The oommencem en-, will take place early in April.
w. h. HOHNER, M. d..
Dean Of the Medical Faculty.
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FOR RFoLK-TvO TRIPS WEEK.

rT1apbr The steamer OSCEOLA having discontinued
gsrasssa her trips Baltimore until further notice,
viii Oh Wednesday, the 18th July, commence making
trp s a week Norfolk Leaving Washington every We'd
say and Saturday at o'clock, Returning leave
Norfolk every Monday aud Thursday at o'clock, p. m.
Passage and lare SIS on.
She touches, going and returning at Piney Point, Old
Point Cone river, and the usual landings the Potomac
JAMES MITCHELL,
July 81 Captain.
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y, .u.Iloo. by whom adopted anu wofh
since its r,t invention by the late ingenious Mr. Potts. of
London whom the present artist was for eleven years
pupil and assistant
have seen the artificial leg of Mr.. Sepho; its
ucton ap pears excellent, and well calculated
d, objects desired But The best of all is the proof OF
those who wear them; this is positive and undeniable
Some of my friends whom have mutated, inform me
that they superior to all others a
"VALENTINE MOTT,
Professor OF Surgery University New York"
Also seIpho's Artificial Hnnd.-An entirely new and
useful Substitute for lost hand, arranged that the
wearer can open and shut by of the remaining
stump w. : will give further information by appica
ton or by letter. post paid He also refers to DIR. j. s
Wear, op. Magnetic Telegraph Office, Columbia, South
Carolina. who is authorized to receive orders.
July Ism
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CELPHn's FIRST PREMIUM AN
- GLESEA LEG.-Introd,lce into the

United States and made solely by William
.Selpho, ~ Spring street, New York. This
description of artificial leg derives its
name from the celebrated Marquis of
A,,,Iayaa bp Loot hi lar in ty,n la AZ