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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24
From the Centreyille Times.

The DEMocRATs.-Slnce the May cleo
ton, at which time it was determined to
hold a Convention to Reform the Constr
tuition, the Democratic papers have come
out boldly and advocated representation
according to population, and in one coun-
ty they carry the principal SO far as to
effect the Senate. Are the Eastern
Shore peopled prepared for this nefarious
proect-are they willing to lay every
thing at the feet OF Baltmore-to give
up everything to her control. Can we
be so blinded by party zeal as 10 bind
ourselves hand and foot to crafty few
demagogues and Office seckers--are our
taxes not high enough yet that we must
needs give Baltimore the power to in
crease them, AID LIBlTuM.
Let the Eastern Shoremen reflect let
property holders who are not 10 be ben
Gifted by her railroads and canals, pom
der we'll before they give her any more
control. Now is the time to take a
stand; or all will be lost to us hereafter.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

DR.. NArHEGYl, of Hungary, whose adj
dress of coincidence on the death of the
lamented President TAYLOR, beautifully
written in fourteen different languages.
was lately transmitted to Mrs. TAYLOR,
has received from Col. Bliss The amt xed
answer thereto, which has been handed
to the National Intelligencer Tor publlca-
zion:
BALTIMORE, August, 1850.
DR.. GAEoR NArHEGyi, Washington.
DEAR SIR: Agreeably to your request,
presented to Mrs. Taylor the memento
OF the late President which you placed
IN my hands day or two since, and I
now have the grateful duty of expressing
her most sincere thanks for this unexpec.
ted tribute OF respect and coincidence
AS an illustration of great skill and the
rarest learning, it would be most highly
valued; but as an offrring from Hun
g'rian exile Of sorrowful, regard for the
memory Of one whose sympathies, wher
living, were with the oppressed of al
lands, it has worth to her beyond est
:nltlon. She begs you to accept her hes
wishes for your happiness, and future res
tora ion to your country and friends.
Iremain, with high regard,
yours, yerv sincerely,
w, w, s. BLISS.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

PRorEsSoR WEEsTER.-lh he tune when
this wre'ched man will pay the penalty of
his crime Is rapidly approaching. The
Boston Mail says:
A paper has been circulated, during the
past week, among the more wealthy of
our citizens, to raise tn, sum OF 500, 900,
to be given to the wife and children OF
Professor Webster, to provide for them,
and place them above wan, during lite.
The paper is headed by Mrs. parkman,
wife of the murdered man, with the sum
OF $500. The subscriptions have already
nearly, if not quite reached the pyoposed
amount.
Mr. Andrews, the iailer, says that Dr..
Webster, in his opinion, will hold firm to
the last that he has not eaten so heartily
for some time past. His family visited
him during last week, and remained with
him until six O'Clock. They are not aware
OF the exact time of execution but know
the dav to be fixed. No persons are al
lowed to visit him, except his family, and
clergymen for spiritual purposes.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

THE RIcnr CouRsE.-.Two negroes,
supposed to be fugitive slaves from Mis-
souri,, were arrested IN Bond county, Hi
noi., few days since, and committed to
prison, until their owners should have an
opportunity to appear against them. They
had anout $40 in their possession, and
said they came from the "Am-Bottom,'
in Missouri This is honest, and in strik-
ing contrast with the course pursued IN
the free States in this latitude, IN regard to
slaves Ascending from Maryland, Virgin
ia. SC. The Illinois people evince a
proper idea OF their constitutional duty in
this matter by such action.
baltimore Sun.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24


The FATE OF GENIrs.-There Is in
Boston man OF sixty years ofage. who
graduated at the University of Dublin,
lreland-was admitted, at 81 as a Sur
geon IN the British army, and in that ca
pac.tv visited this country with the En-
glish, was present at the destruction OF
the public buildings, stores, &C., al WASH
ingion city; has been in India with the
British army; has been present during
his Iervlce as a surgeon, at over four thou
sand ampuiations, and fifteen severe bat
ties; was shot twice performed surgical
operations on three hundred wounded
generals, seven colonies, twenty captains,
and oveI eleven thousand officers of sn,al
Ter grade, &C Has dined with two kings
one empress, one emperor, the sultan,
pope, innumerable great generals, &c.
Has held the largest dlatn,nd IN hiss hand
known in the world, except one. Has
had the British crown on his head. Has
been carried three times. father to elev-
en- chiiiren, all Of whom he survived. br
ken down by disease, he could no longer
practice his profession; to poor TO live
without employment, and to proud to be-
come a pauper. hA sailed in an rmi5rant
ship to this country three years ago; and
this man Of remarkable adventures Class
SIC educa'ion' master Of luur languages,
sixty years o. age. poor, old and decay.
ing. is now pedline oranges and app1es in
Tie streets Of Boston. "We know what
we ARE-ver,ly we know what we MAY
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24
Frederick Examiner
A TRuE LAWYER -Alexander Harm

A Tnu1 LAWYER Alexander Haml-
ton was once applied to as counsel by a
man having the guardianship OF several
orphans, who would, on coming OF aye
succeed to large and valuable estate, Of
which there was material defect in the
tte-derds, known only to their guardian
who wanted to get the estate vested in
himself, Hamilton noted down the faith
less executors statement, and then sand
to HIM, "settl- with these unhappy in
fants honorably to the last cent, or | will
hunt you from your skin like hare"
The advice was strictly followed, and the
n an who gave 1t was an ornament to the
bar; and 10 the age he lived in.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24
Work men should Study.

] respectfully counsel those whom
address Nhe workngnen of America
counsel you TO labor for clear under
standing of the subject which agiatr the
community-to make them your study
Instead OF wasting your leisure in vague,
passionate talk about them The time
thrown away by the mass of the . pie
on the rnnors OF the day, might, If bet
ter spe,t, give them good acquaintance
with the constitution, laws, history, and
inter ests Of their country, and thus pstah-
lish them on those great principles by
which particular measures are to be de-
termlnrd. In proportion as the people
thus improve themselves, they will cease
to be the tools of designing politicians.
Their intelligence, not their passions and
jealousies, will b, addressed by those who
seek their votes. They will exercise not
nominal hut real influence IN the
government and des,inies oil the country,
add at the same time will forward their
own growth and virtue.-D. Claiming.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

LocoFoco SUMMEnsErs.-An exchange
paper drinks sprinkling of Locofoco ed,-
tors and orators would be invaluable 10 a
circus company. They can turn summer
sets backwards and forwards better than
any Of the performers who usually solicit
the patronage of the community.
What great protectioniss they were in
ls44! Just to remember theirnewspapers,
How they came out in favor of the Tariff
awe passed it," said they sand we sus-
tain it." Well the people believed them
and voted for Polk, and the first thing the
party did was to give US the Tariff of '46
the one the British Ambassador likes SC
WELL and now they denounce protector
with all their might After such trickery
and fa|sehood, how can The people trus
them longer?
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION. First Con-
gresional Distuct-S. A. Eliot, (Whlg,)
was elected 10 I'LL the vacancy caused by
the appointment OF the Hon. K c. Win
throp to the Senate, BY 1864.
Second Distrjc,- The election in this
district was to fill the vacancy caused by
the death OF the Hon. Daniel P. Klrg
A II the towns, with the exception OF Lynn.
field and hangers, have been heard from
and the result thus far stands as follows
G. w. Upham, whig, 1929 R. Rantoul
loco, 21s0, John Pierpont, free soil, 116f
90 votes having been scattering. No choic,
has been effected in this district.
Further returns from tie Fourth DIS
trct indicate that bota PalFrey and ThomI
son are as far from an election as ever.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

0T"Lines" by the editor OF the Free
port, Ill.,, paper
Come back, We sinners, mean and greedy,
Rich or ragged lean or fat
Come pay the sums YOU owe us speedy
For the Prairie Democrat.
Don't he lurking round the bushes;
Perhaps you'll find hemp cra.at'
We know that conscience often pushes
Those WHO cheat the Democrat.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

The Wings of Delaware are making
extensive preparations for grand mass
meeting al Brandvwin- Springs, in honor
of the return OF the Hon. John NJ Clay
ton to his nai've State: after his arduous
duties at Washington.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

0r"W,ll you have pinch Of snnffe'
inquired an exquisite, of young lady, q
few days ago "No sir, I thank you,"
was the reply, 81 consider my nosr an or
nament to my face and not dust hole
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

REMovEp.-Thp body Of the late Conn
modore Jones, winch wos temporarily
placed IN Ronaldson's Cemetery. Phs!a-
dclpha was on Tuesday 9Th inst, reno
we'd to Cecil county, Md, for inter'nen,.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

The S, atue Of the late John e. Calhoun
has been recovered from the wreck Of
the brig Elizabeth, by the officers Of the
II. s. revenue cutter Morris.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

Some queer chap says that grain is
treated like infants when the head be-
comes heavy, it Is cradie''; and generally
il is we'll Mrashel to make it fit for use,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24
Telegraphed for Baltimore Sun.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. %.


Missouri ELEcTIoN.-rh The St. Louis
Republican of the 9TH inst, says: "ln
no event can the majority against Thomas
Fl. Benton be less than 80 Oh joint ballot.
The Legislature Is now stated to have the
following party complexion: In the SEN
ate there are 33 members--7 Of them hold
over from the previous election; S of whom
are claimed as Bentonians, and 9 as anti
Bentonians; OF the remaining 26, the
wings have elected IL; the Bentonians g.;
the anti-Bentonians 6; uncertain 2. The
House Of Representatives, SO far as ascer-
tanned by returns received at St. Louis on
Saturday, is as follows: The wings have
elected 50 members, Bentonlans III, anti
Bentonians IS, and 9 counties are 10 be
heard from sending as many members. and
each party may elect portion OF them"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24
WMr. s. 5. Prentice lately said in \

U MI. -. .. TTFHITCt TdteTJ sdru III
speech at New Orleanse
"Acoursed then, be the hand put forth
to loose the golden cord Of Union: ,hrice
accursed the trassorous lips, whether
northern fanatics or southern denagogues,
which shall propose it,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24
Correspondence of The Baltimore Clipper
WAsHINeToN, Aug. %, 1850.

WAsHINGToN, Aug. %, 1880.
Public opinion is coming up from the
source of all power-the people like a
thunder storm from the northwest, on
summer afternoon. 1t comes freightrd,
the popular assent to the bills for adjust
ing The questions arising out OF the re-
Gently acquired territory, and now lying
idly upon the Speakers table in the
House. And, am glad to inform you.
that members are cycling that thunder
cloud, with no little anxiety for their
own safety-those members, mean, who
have been contemplating 10 vote against
those bills, and thus commit an outrage
upon the right and interests of their con-
stituents, for ulterlor selfish purposes.
The appearance of this cloud IN the po
litical sky. its rapid approach and fearful
ly gathering volume, have multiplied
friends to these bills, Ia all amazing ratio,
since I had the pleasure OF exposing the
nlnety-iour votes of last Monday. Even
the Union,-God bless my old friend
R!chle's loquacity and credulty-is cry
Ing out that, all will be well, that the
skies are Frightening, that the storm OF
public Indignation against the ogito'ing
and disun;on members OF the House, will
soon sweep them away, nevert to be re-
membered again.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

nysA National Convention OF hand
some Young men" is TO assemble at New
port, r. L., some time this summer. The
delegates are to be elected Ivy the ladies'.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

NATIONAL EDUCATION CoNvENT1oN.-
This highly interesting body will meet
IN Philadelphia on the fourth Wednesday
OF August, (2Sth instantly AT the first
meeting, held there in October last, the
various topics embraced in the general
subject were Systematically classified and
referred to ten or fifteen special commit
tees, with instructions to report at the
next ensuing meeting. Hon. Horace
Mann, the President of the Convention,
has issued his address 10 the people OF the
Union, interested IN the cause OF Educa-
ton. common and collegiate, urging their
attendance: The Philadelphia Times
saws that some OF the ablest men OF that
city have the arrangements in charge,
rnd the best talents in the country are
enlisted in the enterprise.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

THE JEws.-'saac ia Costa, dis'in-
guished and learned Jew Of amsterdam,
estimates the whole number of Jews IN
the world, at from five to seven millions.
He allots only $4,000 to the United States,
where they are treated better than IN any
country in the world, except perhaps
Turkey, which is much more liberal to
them than any European government.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-08-24

ENGLISH CoEv,CTs SENT TO THE UNITED
SrATEs,-Ten conyicts, transported from Great
r. i,an to Bermuda, wore sent TO New York by
the British authorities, and arrived there
Tuesday, there passage bong paid IN the brig
Swan, and a pardon granted them, ON condition
of their coming to the United States, and srt-
Ting therein. The English government has al
ways denied that it sent its crimlnl Is to this
country, but the men themselves state tina, they
were sent here. The authorities in New York
have tho men in custody and doubt less they will
be sent back again Ledger.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-10-05


DISUNIoN IN ALABAMA.-The Mobile
Advertiser contains various communica.
lions on the subject Of the attempted dis
union agitation, from one of which we
extract the fOllOwing:
"But 10! and behold these a~gitatOrs are not
satisfied. They can see nothing in the adjust.
ment Of Congress but the full realization of
IheirpredictiOns-the degradation of the South.
True, the olive branch has been held out to
Texas and New Mexico has been told that
she must serve out on apprenticeship with her
Indians and half civilized Mexicans before she
eau take her seat in the councils of the nation.
Mormon Utah, too, has been remanded TO A
state Of Pupilage; and both are left free to act,
when the proper time comes for their admission
into the Union, as to them shall seem meet in
the exercise OF the high privileges of freemen i.
But, say these peculiar guardians Of our rights
here at the South, though we admit that Con-
gress had no right to pass the Wilmot PrOviso,
to prohibit slavery in these territories, they had
the power, and should have exercised It, to en-
act that it should exist there, and that, too,
without giving the citizens Of the territories
the opportunity to say yea or nay to it. Strange
paradox this! and stranger still, that persons
who have hitherto commended that Compress
had no power to l~egislate upon the subject at
all-who have bTeathed forth wrath and blood
against the Missouri line, as an unconstitution-
al indifference on the part oil Congress, which
leglslated away the rights Of the South-should
all at once find that the rights of the South
have been tramPled upon by the recent deter.
m'ha'lon OF Congress not 10 interfere in the mat
ter' out to leave the whole subject 10 the peo-
pie o. Inc territories, to be disposed of at the
proper time, by " the only legitimate source of
power the psopie-by substantially re.enoc,.
ing that clause, of the constitution which saws
mat the powers not delegated to the United
o'a.eS oy the constitution, nor prohibited BY i,
70 the States, are reserved to the States rasoso
1lVely' or TO the people," Verify. these times
nave brought forth strange l%ogicians as well os
strange PatrIOtism-a ratiOcinauon which il
v'n'sO at convenience, and a patriotism that
"Ou'u 'nfO" down the very Oltar upon which
the patriot should burn his Offering. >,
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-10-05

SLAVERY IN California; The Nashville
Convention wished to divide California by the
line of S6 80, which would have resulted in
giving to the Union too instead Of one free
State, and the very parties who advocated that
measure, would have urged this result as an
other cause of complaint and agitation. Mr..
Gwin, the present Senator, is reported in the
proceedings Of the State Convention which
formed the constitution, to have said:
"lt any portion OF our population are OPP
posed to slavery, per Sc, it is that portion south
OF SO 80, 1t is utterly untitled to slave labor,
being a grazing and grape country, with a few
rich valleys and extensive arid plains"
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-10-05
TERRITORIAL BILLS.

The Territorial bill recently passed by Cons
qress and now registered among tie statues
Of the United States; provides d follows;
1. That the Northern Boundary of Texas
shall be the parallel of So deg. 50 min. North
latitude for tRfge degrees Of longitude west~
ward from The old line between the United
States and MEXICO, or to the 1855 Hetldidn OF
longitude due west from Greenwich, thence
follow that meridian down 10 the Rio Grande,
which is made the westeFnly limit Of Texas,
thefce to it's mouth. As a compensation for
surrendering her claims to territory North Of
this line, Texas is ID feGsive ten millions o.
dollars in FIVE per cent bonds Of the United
States, whereof FIVE millions are made specif.
caIly applicable to the payment Of the public
debt Of Texas.
2. New Mexico, including all the territory
acquired from Mexico North and Vest Of the
above line East Of the Rio Grande, and all OF
said territory West o! said river, is organized
into a regular Territory, for which officers are
to be appointed and courts organized as for
other Territories Of the United States.
8. All the territory acquired by the United
States from Mexico lying westward Of New
Mexico as aforesaid and east Of California, is
organized into another Territory, under the
dPpellatiOn Of Utah. (This Territory included
tho Salt Lake region, OF Great Central Basin
Of our Continent, in which the Mormons have
set up their Ebenezer.)
a. California is admitted int0 the Union as
a State, with the chosen bOdHdaties and her
present Constitution; so that two Senators and
two members already chosen may take their
seats forthwith.
8 The territories of New Mexico and Utah
as aforesaid are TO be admitted into the Union
as States, with or without Slavery as their
people shall decide,
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-10-05
The pist1ict Slave rrade Dim.

The following is the bill to suppress the
slave trade in the District Of Columbia, as il
passed the Senate:
SEC. +. Re 1t enacted BY tie Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of The United States of finer
lea in Congress assembled, THAT TOM and alter
the first day Of January next IL shall not be
lawful to bring into the D strict Of Columbia
any slave whatever for The purpose of being
sold, or Tor the purpose Of being placed in de-
pot tobe Subsequently transfe RED to any other
StGte OF place, 10 be sold as metchandize.-
And if any slave shall be brought into the
said District by its owner, or by the authority
or consent Of its owner, contrary to the pro-
visions Of this act, such slave shall thereupon
become liberated and free.
Sec. 2. find be it further enacted, That 1.
shall and may be lawful for each of the cor
Porations OF Washington and Georgetown,
from time to time, and as often as may be nee
essary, to abate, break up and abolish any de-
pot or place Of confinement Of slaves brought
into the said District as merchandise, contra.
ry to the provision of this act, by such appro-
pirate means as may appear to either Of the
said corporations expedient and proper. And
the same power is hereby vested in the levy
court Of Washington county if any attempt
shall be made within its jurisdiclionul limits
to establish a depot or place Of confinement.
for slaves brought into the District as merChan.
die for sale, contrary to this act.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-10-05
CONGREssIoNltr

s ! Hamlin, tom NJ, 4. !
Of Commerce, reported s.vin 7, " ! =
sn'i0d Of The St. La~rsues ri,,, ). y, I
a reciprocity y trade with Cana 'lo
MI. RoStI 'tGm the Po.,oss ..', J.
who We're directed BY re.olu,ia. ! v :
to make certain inquiries rsl,,i,. ! Y
torrance OF the various conlr,.,, T.
tho mail BY sea steamers I ~, !,
other countries, made a reOor,. ~
dered to be printed.
Mr.. Chase, pursrar, " nosS.
to introduce a 6'ff prohibiting ,t ~
territories OF the United States ''
MI. Clay said" l oppose i, law.
It will not be granted. There !, ~
throughout all our borders, md hon.
be perpetual and universal. I,rua n
will at once and decisively s., i, ~
all further agitation upon ,h,,.
topics"
Mr.. Cass said--" heartilv 49,.
has been said by the Senator from r.
and move to lay the motion 70, I.,,,
table -
Mr. Chase, after a few word. in .,o,
inaudible to the reporter, Withdrew Il,
for lsave.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-10-05

EXAGGERATED EsTIMATEs.-The disunion pa
pers will have it that 10000 people assembled
in council lately at Macon, Georgia. The ar
rivals at all the hotels there the day prior to,
the day OF and the day after the meeting, in
Guiding travellers, ladies and all, were only
584!
OOf Garrit Smiths Abolition Convention
at COzenovia. which has been represented as
composed Of 1000 delegates, and that 500
came in one train. The CezenOvia Wing says
that a two.horse coach brought the entire 500
from the railroad station to the village, and it
was not quite full at that, and that Of the 1000
in attenance, at least l,75O were men in buck
RAM and Onehalf Of the remainder were in
PetticOats. Judging from previous accounts,
the residue were generally in black.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-10-05

Or From those deleciabls 'peein
diluted L~ippardism, the editorials Of /
number Of the Missi"iPpian, we select
lowing:
"We meet @uitmanA-nn HE hnnOni
humiliation and scOrn, sorrow and resell
so mixed up that we CGnnot certainly -
he intends. :"
We are sorry that the eviLeEesd iii
ernor's feelings are so evenly mixed
ought to be a distinctive c%OlOTing some
and we are inclined to think 'hamiI
should have il, as we can 5 certainly 50
there is n, public funclionnry now 10 e1
who has any better reasons 10 Be a'ha
h;mselI.-T burg Wing.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-10-05

The Richmond Enquirer Of the 5th inst
says:
The " Winchester Virginian " learns that
the greater part Of the white population Of
Harrisburg took part against the fugitives,
Joined the SOutherners, and drove back the
Tree negro mob. Our impression is that the
people generally at the North with the slight
est encouragement from the press and pOliti-
cians' would do their whole duty promptly and
manfully by their Southern brethren.