The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-05-17

""'h'i hio"nt tHt clcpudnt Dach. Re1reSll-
ments are handed around, as a catchpennv, and
sold at high prices. Once, at a "show' here,
an old lady filled her apron with oranges and
confectionery when the waiter came round,
she paid at the door, and was not little CON
fused when told she had taken to the amount ola
dollar or So she paid the charge and pockctcd
the experience, and will not do so, probably,
this time.
MYSTERIOUS MovEMENT-Steamer
Chartcd By the Government for tie
South.-The New York Herald says
that, on Saturday, a dispatch was receiv-
ed in that city from v ashington, Civ
ing orders 10 charter a steamer for the
service of the Government, for not less
than twenty days, to cruise from that
port to Florida:
'lt is believed that the destination is
Charleston, and that the dispatch has
reference to the secession in the South.
The Brother Jonathan, North America,
and other steamers We're in contempla-
ton, but finally the Crescent City was
fixed upon. She is to sail with sealed
orders, and not to be more than 500
miles at any time from land. She is not
to carry more than 100 men,"
A New York letter, of Sunday even
ing, says this vessel is to have two hun
dred marines aud soldiers aboard, and
adds:
"She will sail in the course of the
evening 1t is said that the officer in
command has sealed orders, which are
not to be opened until he reaches GER
tain point. 1t is generally supposed,
however, that the expedition is intended
cooperate against the Cuban expedition
lists in some Southern State. In this
connection it may be as we'll to state
that four companies of United States
soldiers, taken from the forts in the har-
Dor, left here yesterday for Savannah, in
the steamship Florida"
A letter in the Norfolk Argus states
that 300 men were encamped near Cape
Charles, for three or four days, about
the first ofthis month, and that they all
embarked on board steamer on Sun
day the 4th inst. They were well fur
nished with provisions and munitions of
war, and while ON shore, were drilled
every day. They were mostly for
eigners, and alleged they were engaged
in sounding and surveying the coast. 1t
is not known from whence they came,
but it is conjectured they were part of
the Cuba expedition.
ATTEMPT TO MURDER AN EDITOR A
woman aged about As years named Jane
Young, entered the Office of the Athens
Geo. Banner, and after inquiring for
the editor, and being informed that he
was not in, walked up to the publisher,
Mr.. Thos. S. Reynolds, and drawing
pistol shot him-the ball entering his
side, and leaving him in dangerous
condition. On being questioned as to
the motive Other conduct, she replied
that she had been told that an article had
appeared in the Banner, or in an extra
Of the Banner, speaking other as ga man
dressed in woman's clothing going about
doing mischief'-that she had been I'M
able to find it in the paper, although as
sured by several friends that had been
published. She had two pistols and a
bowie knife in her possession. The ed
itor thinks, as she came from South Car
DINA, that she was made the instrument
of some of his disunion enemies across
the State line to get him out of the way.
ASTONISHING RApIDlTy.-Among the
telegraphic communications in Fridays
Sun, was one from New Orleans, an
nouncing that the Europa's news had
been received there the same morning
that it was received here. A similar
dispatch from N. Orleans reached New
York at l p. NJ, that day. So that the
Europa's news, and the reply from New
Orleans, have together travelled tho
thousand eight hundred miles, between
7 o'clock in the morning and P. NJ,
of that day, in addition to the time spent
in preparing the summary, and the in.
terval at New Orleans between the re.
ceipt of the news and the return dispatch.
Bali. San.
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