The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-08-05

BOYS, Look Out We srarcely open
paper, in which we do not find an account
Of death by drowning, through the ,emeri-
ty Of boys, w!o. in bathing, venture beyond
their depth. Parents should be cautions as
10 the bathing places of their children, and
boys themselves should never venture into
deep water, without bein- goo swimmers,
however much, they may be persuaded by
their companions.
By the latest advices from Paris, it
shows that the charges brought against
! the insurgents, who recently attempted
to gain possession of Paris, OF having
poisoned the bullets with which they shot
at the solders-and Of having poisoned
the brandy and other liquors, drank by
the soldiers, and orderly citizens, having
been Investigated, turn out 20 be entirely
unfounded.
! Photographed for The Baltimore SUM-
FREDERICK, Md, August Is p. NJ.
Frederick sends her first affectonate tel
egraphic greeting to the monumental city
through the columns OF the Baltimore Sun.
The Mcssrs Iownsends have comple-
ed the line TO this point, and have also their
poles up considerable distance on the
route TO Cumberland. The lightning works
to admiration at the frs, trial, and you may
expect to hear from me when anything of
importance occurs. The office is crowd.
ed 10 excess. Yours, sc, RoLLA in.
ARMS IN IRELAND The New York
! Herald learns from authentic sources, that
the quantity of ammunition and arms in
Ireland, secreted in places known only TO
the leaders of the people, is immense--suf-
fcent to last for a prolonged warfare, in
case tie matter be not decided a, once
when the blow shall have been struck.
Mr. Secretary Buchanan declines being
the locofoco candidate for Governor of Penn
>, sylvania. 1t is thought, however that he
would not refuse. if elected to succeed Mr..
Cam. ron in the Senate on the 4ih OF VI arch
next.
PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL-
The appointment of Attorney General Of
PENNSYLVANIA was on Monday morning ten
dered TO James Cooper Esq, Of Adams
county EIe is at present on visi, TO Fred
erick, Md.
LATE FROM OREcoN. The Var rih the Indi-
ans.-News from Oregon city TO the sth Of Ma-ch
has been re ccivcd. A lctte' from Gov. Palmer.
dated from the army, nj camp 25 miles west of
Umatila speaks Of meeting party of thirty In
, dians who had been engaged in the battle with
Major Lee. at the Dallcs; they that they
were forced into it by the Cavuses that all their
property had been taken, and their lives threat
encd, if they did not Join them. The Cavnsrs
have iortcd ard had expected to t''rtfy tina
foot Of the Blue mountains. on the Saw-mill
stream. The people Of Oregon feel sore and sick
in heart at tie neglect which they have received
at the hands of the Congress, and people Of tho
United States.
Several of tho Dallcs Indians have arrived in
Oregon city for protection, as they say. II il
said that they have been stripped of their prop
erty by the hostile Indians, because they wero
friendly with the whites
The Spectator, Of February 81 contains reports
from Col Gillian, dated Fort Wascopacnm.
February I, and describing two SIX Finishes with
bodies of Indians. in which the latter were routed
with a loss of 25 or 80 killed and wornled, and
property to the value of Sl.ao0, which had been
sold and the proceeds paid INTO the military
chest of the expedition The whites had three
killed, one by accident, the other two by the In
duns.
' FuxHy--On the Fourth, the Declaration of
Independence read in "A certain town in ,Ou
, isiana After the names the sgnnrs had been
, repeated, a Frenchman urosn, and inhi-na n,lv
asked why I.afavetic's name was not there, md
made motion that it should be added forthwith!
To KEEP HOUSE cool ALL DN.-Opsn tho
windows aud doors at FIVE o'clock in the morn
mo, keep them open two hours; then close them
al-windows doors, and window sladcs-and
the house will remain cool during the hottest
part of the day
MELANCHOLY hccIpENT.--Wn learn from the
Cumberland Civilian, that on Wednesday last,
John Hicks, late from Cornwall, England, weere
he leaves a wife and child was killed in the Eek.
hnrt mines, by the coal falling and crushing !.is
skull.
TERn1ToRY OF OREGoN.-Ioscph L.
Meek, the special agent Tor the territory
Of Oregon, now at Washington, addr ess-
cs an earnest "appeal andremonstran &C"
to Congress, in behalf of that territ Dry;
and hints that if nothing for the pr otec-
ton and government OF the people there
is done at this session, they must break
enhe bonds of sympathy" now existing
with the United States.
DEATu OF VENERABLE MA~.-The
| narlcS'OWH val TIet itSS dnIlouIletS
the death, on Sunday last, of an old pat
riarch, John Packet, Esq, near Smith
field, in that county, aged about ninety
five years. For many years Of his life,
Mr.. Packet was an inmate of Washing
tons family, and enjoyed the regard and
confidence OF that great man in an emil
nent degree.
Death by Lightning generally occurs
under tree $, near the fire places and
walls, or at open windows. -" hen there
/: no lightning rod to building, the fluid
,n,k,S , conductor of the chimney, the