The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-07-20

The Ches. Il Del. Canal, (Which by the
by is the source from which all this pros
perity has arlsen,) has been doing ire
mendous business the past fiscal year.
Their receipts the pas. year ending June
LIST, per report Of President and Directors
shows an increase OF over $4,000 more
than any preceding year; the whole
amount received being $l98,364.4S; a
pretty good years business, and il the
trade continues TO increase in the same
proportion OF which there is every pros
pect the company will have to enlarge
their modus operandi to meet the emer-
+gency.
To give you some idea of the immense
quantity OF some articles that pass through
the canal, | find per Report that of timber
last year there was 81, lf0,S3O cubic feet !;
sawed lumber 4l,4l7,l5l square feet !;
shingles, 1859 $50; Of wheat 1921 1866
bushels; OF iron over 6O,000,000 lbs, and
almost every other article OF commerce in
proportion.
There are now IN successful operation
two daily lines OF steamers each way be-
tween Phila. & Baltic, viz: the Merchant
4 Peoples line and the Ericsson line.
There is also a bne semi-weekly from
BALTIC. 10 New York direct, without tran
shipment via Ches' & Del. and Del s.
Raritan canals. Those lines have seven
steamers constantly running; together with
humber barges capable of carrying 200
tons burthen each, all of which have as
much as they can do. In fact each line
has another steamer on the stocks TO ena-
BILE them to meet the increasing trade.
These lines afford cheap and convenient
mode Of transit to either city, of which
many persons avail themselves; the fare
believe is % cts either way. In connex-
ion with thus trade we have fifty, sixty,
and oitimes hundred boats arriving and
departing daily OF all classes, sloops,
schooners and canal boats. The crew OF
each boat or vessel numbers some five or
six hands making daily floating popula-
ton Of from five to six hundred, from
nearly all Of whom our merchants, me-
chanics, ho,el*, sc, receive. more or less
benefit. And yet there are some branches
OF business not established here at which
am almost astonshed, when take into
consideration the advantages and facilities
10 every market which a location at this
place offers. A cotton factory Tor instance,
for which there is no better situation in
the country. The raw material could b.
landed at the factory without any expense
OF hauling and after undergoing the neces-
sary Process be again re-shipped with She
same saving of expense to any market. A
steam saw-mill might also be established
here which would have an advantage over
those IN our largest cities; as might also
a Touring mill on large scale. Ia fact
there IS no better location for profitable in
vestnent IN almost every branch of manu-
featuring than this place presents.
This is no puff but plan statement of
facts. If any doubt it let them come and
examine for themselves; capitalists would
especially invite to do SO.
The crops notwithstanding the uniavor-
able weather in the early part OF the sea-
son looks well, our farmers are done cut
ting their wheat and am told the yield
will be very large; grass crops are excel
lent; corn is fast loosing that sickly APP
pearance which the cold weather gave It
and ifthe remainder Of the season proves
favorable there is no reason to apprehend
scarcity Of that crop. oats is generally
short and it is though: will not yield an
average crop. Yet upon the whole the
farmers, happy fellows, should be thankful
for the blessings which providence has so
lavlshly bestowed upon them.
I would now say a few words 10 the
Wings of Cecil. The campaign has com.
mebced which will end in placing in the
gubernator,al chair wing or loco TOGO for
the next three years and It rests with the
wings OF the State TO say which it shall be-
They can by inactivity and lethargy permit
locofoco to occupy tor by activity and
energy and ~ far and manly duty place
that sterling patriot and unfinching wing
Col. William Il Clark, in the gubernato-
rial chair. He has long been tried IN the
councils Of our State, and has ever been
among the strongest advocates Of her best
interests. We have fairly and oably
selected him as our standard-bearer in the
contesi;-and is It not time then the wings
OF old rec,l should be preparing for battle.
Every wing in the county go to work, and
work from this until the end day Of Octo-
Der. Let there be no iatering, no luke
warmness in the whig ranks, leave local
chickering's out Of the question, let sectional
feelings cease to exist, and as sure as the
day OF battle arrives its setting sun will
prove the wings Of Cecil victorious. II
will behold her what she should ever be,
wing to the core. l must again urge upon
you that your gubernator,al candidate Col
WIN. d. Clarke deserves your warmest
support; acknowledged on every hand,
even BY his political opponents TO be
man of unblemished reputation and ster-
ling integrity. OF a high order Of talent,
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