The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-07-29
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Correspondence ofthc Baltimore Clipper
WASHINGTON, july 81. 1919

w ARLINGTON, July ~, lSlh.
Passage Of the Compromise Bill The
compromis, bill! passed the Senate this ,nor,-
ing, BY vote of yeas 80, nays %. The
sitting of The body conlnued 2l hour!
Several ofthe Senators who had gone home
were sent for by express, and were Obliged
to leave their beds and come up. The bill
was sent into the House this morning, but
othing was done with it Probably i, will
be taken up Tomorrow. A motion will be
made TO lay it upon the table, and il is the
opinion Of many tina, i, will thus be disposed
OF. But, nous rerrons.
FROM YUcATAN.-Accoun, from Yucca
tan, via Havana are TO the cad ult The
town of Muna had been taken by tho
whites, after a conflict With the Indians The
whites had also captured the towns Of Ham
polot and Cenolllo, routing the Indians who
defended it, with considerable loss. The
general aspect Of affairs is do :idedly favor
able to The whites.
A Campeachy paper announces that six
hundred Ango-Amercans from among
those who served in Mexico, had arrived.
GOVERNOR OF Observation-Disclosures
or Johnston was sworn into office at Harris
burg, on Wednesday. Townsend Haines
Esq, of West Chester, has been appointed
Secretary of State. The Hon. Jas Cooper.
of Adams county, will be rendered the At
torney GenerasEp
Shortest Passage to England.-The last
passage OF the steamer Herman, from New
York for Southampton, is claimed as the
shortest ever made ACROSS the Atlantic. Her
running time was II days and 20 hours,
which, allowing the difference in space be-
tween New York and Southampton to he
1863 miles farther than 10 Liverpool, beats by
some hours, the famous passage made few
weeks since by the America. The pas
sage of the America was performed in some
thing over ten days from Boston to Liverpool
The English papers are fore ed TO acknowl-
edge the beat.
ERTAL SPEcULATIoN.-Dr Solomon An
drews, President of the Inventors Institute
at Perth Amboy, advertises that lie has in.
vented car for the ssnavigation of the at.
mosphere,'s which, when constructed, will
be 100 feet long, 40 wide, and 80 high In
order TO raise the means 10 construc, it,
building lots near the institute are offered for
sale
DEATH OF AN EDlroR.-Western r. Gales
Esq, editor of'he Raleigh IN. CO. Register
aud brother ofthe distinguished Jos. r. Gales
Of the National In'elgencer, died at Peters
burgh, Va, on Sunday morning last, He
was on his return home from Old Point
Comfort at the time extremely Ill.,
The loftiest mountain in the Unlled States
east ol,he Mississippi, is in North Carolina.
Itiis called Mi,chell's Peak and lies in Bun
combe and Yancey counties. Its height is
6,72O feet above the level of the ocean-be-
ing nearly 500 feet higher than the White
Mountains in New Hampshire. ..
The Charges preferred by Gen. Pillow a.
gains: Gen. Scott have been Withdrawn.
The Court of Inquiry to examine the char
ges preferred by Gen. Scott against Gen.
Worth, will meet on the LIST Of August.
The Monitor Mexican paper, suggests
painting ola Yankee upon every street
corner, by way Of keeping order.
Col. Fremont, by resolution OF the Senate
is 10 have eight dollars day while enga-
eed in making map Of Oregon, &c.
North Carolina: Valuntcsrs.-Th Brig
Tally Ho, Capt Elliott; from Brazos Santa
go, arrived in Hampton Roads on Saturday
with portion ofthe North Carolina Regl-
ment.
The POTATO Ror.-The potato rot pre-
walls to considerable extent in the Vi
cinity of Boston. The Transcript says
several farmers have dug up their whole
crop in the hope of checking the prog
ress of the disease