The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-13
Our Maryland Correspondence.
ELKToN, Cecil county, Md, !
Nav II 1870

The Etect,on-Ihe Scarlet Ferer-1he Weather
The FiSh1ies-7he Cecil Bank, &c.
The election which took place Wednesday,
for a convention 10 reform the State constitution,
resulted in our county, as follows:--For conven-
ton, ,342; against il, 365 This is but little over
half the usual vote of the county The returns OF
the State, far received, decidedly in favor
of reform. On the bill for establishing free schools
in our county, the vote stood:-For free schools,
6S7; against free schools, I0l2
The scarlet fever has been very prevalent in our
town for the last two weeks. But one death, how
ever has resulted from it, and the disease is now
abating.
The corn is up in many parts of the county, and
the fields and forests are beginning TO look green;
but vegetation is very backward for the season, and
the weather is raw, chilly, and Aprl-likc.
The fisheries along the Susquehannah and Elk
rivers have been doing good business, and have
taken more fish than for years before.
The Cecil Bank" at Port Deposit, goes into
operation in few days. Its notes will not be cir
cuated very widely, for the people still remember
the former bank at that place, its failures, &c.
RECEPTION on rnr PERUVIAN MINISTER ny PansiprNr
TArLoR-senor Don Jose Manuel Tirado, the Minister
Of Peru to the government Of the United States pre-
scented his credentials to the President on the Iosh
inst, with the following address,
Mr.. PREsFESr: have the honor to place into your
hands the credentials by which the government Of
Peru has degned to appoint me Minister Plenipotcn-
tiary the Of this Republic The demo-
cratic system has now become the principle by which
nearly all the nations ofAmerica governed because
the people Of the United States 1t the
day Of their emancipation, by furnishing the FIRST
examplein history Of the successful application Of
popular representative system because under this
system they have witnessed the triumph Of peace
and the development Of that industry
and that commerce. Of that love ofcountry and Of edu
cation. and OF those habits Of order and aspirations
after liberty which have raised the nation which
you preside to ssch pinnacle Of prosperity and
deur. This communion Of principles must have called
forth the especial sympathy Of the American republics
towards this nation and Peru IL satisfied with the
cprocity manifested by the people Of the United States
and their government In doing 1t justice all
sons when their international relations rendered II
cessary that they should In contact The govern
ment Of Peru actuated by the spirit Of confidence with
which II has been inspired by these precedents has
therefore, sent this occasion to be the interpre
Of Its friendly designs and with the view that the
listing relations of harmony and perfect understanding
may, through my fundamentally, be preserved and
tusl concessions which the only foundat ion
Of all compscts and good friendship between nations
My government hopes that, through the reception
which truat to deserve, and the results Of mssion
will return the bearer OF pledges q the esteem
and bcneyolence Of the government OF the American
Union.
To which the President replied as foIlows:-I an
happy TO receive you as the minister Of Republic
with which the United States have long held amcable
and interesting relations The events which have
Gently impaired so vigorous an impulse TO the deve
lopemcnt Of the OF that part Of this esanry
which borders the Pacific. have increased In pro-
porionatc degree the necessity for cultvating con-
cord and friendly intercourse with other States whose
shores are washed by the ocean trust that
Peru VIII find la this policy q utual interest and
to the result Of your mission viii be happily realized