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THE CECIL WING
Is Published every Safursi
BY p. c. RICKETTS,:

OFFICE NEXT DOOR TO TIE POST OFFICE.
The terms are Two dollars Il year in advance,
AMI two dollars and fifty cents il net paid in at
vance.
RATES OF AnvERTIsING.-l square 3 weeks
ST. . cents for each subsequent insertion; |
$ ,ll"- = months So, Is months ST, | year SD.
Fractions NJ Il square TO be char.e As square.
Long yrl,y advertisements at the rates ofSl2
for one third Of a column.
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Nor BAD. A young and pretty girl
attended a ball on the 4.th at Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, decked oil in shorts and
pants, She wasthe only one present in
the mode. The other ladies were shock
ed. They regarded her short skirts as de-
cidcdly immodest. She quietly re-
marked that if they would pull up their
dresses about the neck as high as they
ought to be, their skirts would be as
short as hers.
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Classic name for E.kton.

Mas SwlssHELM of the Pittsburg Sat-
urday Visiter, has tried the Bloomer cos
tune, and docs not approve of it.
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TO TIE PUBLIC.

The subscriber (nol being engaged in any 9th
er business has resumed the practice OF Land
Surveying, ConYryanciny, sc. Being acguaint-
ed with IL" different qualities OF soil IN the
n"iShhornoo', persons wishing to buy or sell
Land would find ii To their alyan,age TO rive
him call. JETHR0 JOHNSON.
Near North East, Cecil Co., Md.
June Let 'Eu-tf
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~ jiIE LADIES'.

d F. MAY has received Il handsome assortment
ID. Of Silks, Popllns, Brregc d" LANES. silk
LuStres, mourning Alpacas, Chambrays, Cling
hams, Plaid and Swiss Mu>lins, and great W.
ri"ty of fashionable style Of Prints. Also Kid
silk, LiSl" thread, and cotton Gloves; Hosiery.
Trimmings, &c. anr ~
n NLOTHS, CASSlMERES; 7 W T. ED s
SJcanS, DrillIngs, Muslns, brownand h!rach-
ed; Hardware, QurrnSwarr, Groceries, Boots
Shoes. Hats, Bacon, Lard, Flour, Meal. Salt
St. IhHs, ground alum and fine. Ior sale by
apr - +. +. MAY.
p.S. Country produce taken in exchange Tor
goods at the highest market price.
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TH7l"S gaT"'S nnI iNnCy SHOES OF al k'nds
made to order, and cheap for Cash. Chldrens'
ana Misses boots low: in proportion to the
above rates.
All my work ,rnrrantcd not to be surpassed in
noatn"<, arr 'irra' i;v: and if any of il fail. it
t... ..,. ....-" and a driuc-
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LOOK &'E' TEEHs

(Opposite Vim. Yor'r+ >.orr)
T1llE subscriber has retura.l n |,t.," md
l. again commenced manut.n'vg a&.sy,
Misses and Chldren's Boots ard s. pcs IN all
their varieties, which he will s,ii l. wcr than
they tan he sold by any one else in Elk,on as
he has determined to do ca.h business and to
sell for ten per cent advance on the wholesale
prices.
II you want bargains call and see my shoes,
and you will find il TO Your advantage 10 bay, fer
YOU Will save H.! to % cents on every pair Of
Ladies boots Or shoes you buy from me. ! will
sell lower than any one else. Manufacture all
Of my work, and can sell Il, thr wnolc.al" pric,
and have the manufacturers profits. Call with
the Cash and you shall have shoes at the follow
inv ices:
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CGgAaE.EswNyyN PROPERTY

Ga4AEgE.GS PROPERTY
NOR SALE.--The undersigned, as agent for
/ Robert Thompson, offers for sale that large
and valuable BRICK TAVERN
EIoJ 81. situated in the village Of n -4TS,
Charlestown, Ceci! county, to- $500 IL ! e,
gether with lots attached of 49, ..s,a= "
ACRES of LAND. The tavern
house IS 30 feet front and 40 fee, deep. There
are also on the premises u good frame Store
house. pump. spring-house and several coed out
buildings. For terms Sc. apply to
June II If p. c. RICKETTS,, E!hiCa.
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CLOTHS, C1SSI.ULRES, Sc

z ~ 1T''' Z 'T'5.J7 u II 7s'T' W.
EpLACK, Bln", Olive, Green, Brown, aud
sD Rulbery Cloths; black aud fancy Cassl-
merrs; figured ana plain black satin, fancy do;
twilleI silk, black and fancy; Cashmere aud Mar
settles V"aun-s; black and fancy silk Neck 1irs;
silk IidhiS, prluted and plain eambric de; linen
collars; black and fancy kid, siik, Lisle thread
and cotton & loves; Braces and Hosiery.
apl ~ For sale by WIN. TORBERT.
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Willis Rutter,

p. Respectfully informs the Public that Ir J..
received thu
SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS,
and II prepared to mndc gcntcui"n's clothi," e.,
he ncaieSt manner. Call at the ..BAzAAF' l.. s.
door TO the Post Office.
Elkion. March % 81
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CALIFORNIA WHnAT.-We have re
ceiyed from Colonel Smetzer, of Middel-
town, Frederick county, Md, the great
wheat-grower, a specimen of California
wheat, raised on'his famous Bloomfield
Farm, which has the largest head and
the heaviest and purest white grain we
have yetseen. This wheat was found
in California, and the seed grown in Tex
as, and he states that in the lower apart
of his field it yielded at the rate OF ~
bushels per acre, averaging from Is to
Sc. B0k Sun.
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From Mi.lIeyvcN valley ssraes;u.

Good gentle folk, of Kitllrwall,
Eve loved This vale and you nii,lcarly;
But now must bid yor all f", w.ll--
Next week | start for l.lnjor pr.v:
And thcrciiom, tho you well uay 5.leyr,
For twenty good substantial reasons,
never do expect ''to leave"
Tho fortunes change, and signs am! seasons.
For It's 8 fact. and proved Of luie.
b. logical ADMINISTRATION
Nor Maching 60arl nor urchin's sIat"
Fer proved 50 cqnaNy "Egnriioa,"
Than that it is n PARADISE
This iamons, modern Elkton city,
With men so ''Socinl. mjsc and uta''
And all the girls so ''witchlng pretty"
And then they say the darling drars--
SoiicA, and radiant, ripe, ant reait;
&-hea.l0! !il" delicious pears,
III to be yarel-whC-whcw o Luddy!
I've cot my mind made up have
Here's twenty years all gone in folly
Was ever snch a STUPID knavc!-
IN have Ayes viii, by golly!
III not remain a-moplng here,
In this oil dim, aI'i '!ingy valley;
A-mectlng scare" II rIr! La year,
Save some Cd aunt or cousin Sallvt
We've no ''lrcn"s," nor 'strlcS" nor "BeiS,' -
Nor gentle Wi,chin- bluP-egcd NHrgS,
To tench "bent' sO'e-whiuiny SPELLS,
To poe .fUits such naccssa.irs.
We have few girls, at all al all,
And those--il s"rmS 4 puguey pity,
Are dnrnpish shorI--nr stocking lall
And lean. and not alarming witty.
So chances are. ION srr. so rare;
Aud ann nnw fall FIVE and twenty,
And AL ny fr.an nrornI laclarc
That nave tah."2 w. p..nty.
And this Ethnt rsnve~ wcr
TO lei them E.Et.u ladies' E0o,y It,
(Th"y'r' At ointment tA'Y say,)
Thnti@u something ola poc'l
Aud nat IS such a ta9!a'.s tenn
Tue MHSe can have u1lCU HaH ;uaaslc
In Groves and -rotoS all ar0UN.'
And mp from that tall sea Of, l4go2h.
fncrell cone such sweet iamilar tones
With which each cooling breeze will treat u.s.
No tamborInc, guitar nor bones,
The uarish music Of musGuitos
Can equal, or begin to reach:--
Such variations on the Staff
And while they charm your ears. they teach
You .fcehng-lnakr you weep, or laugh.
But sure needn't here recount
The half ofmy expected pleasures;
Nor will suffer dsconn,
OF time to seize upon my treasures.
I'm off for Elkton with riU;
Pm sure it will improve my Standing,
A ''uoA>' or two to that cred HiN,''
Or 'lo,sn to tina, delightful ''Landing,"
And ,ometmes up that biggest ''EK,"
Nheathat ''bg Hip does throw his shadow
And darr madens meet to milk
Their cowses in that la'rny meadou;"
AMI WHEN the ov mag drns distil,
And we may wish dTier movement,
Well leave the "!neadow'' and that Hill,
And take the Rail-road-,rack Improvement
Then when the Locomotive Cars,
A-past us comes along. "a-thundering."
Behind atwiHt The iron bars,
We'd follow after them a-wondering!!
So now good friends adieu--l 60
leave this dusky vale, by hokie
"Yhe Els is cross'l''-hats up, and no!
Hurra for Schynaar-Shmokie.'
KyrrLEwELL VALLEY BARD.
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An AIoNlsT.--A lady in
South she goes heart and
and soulon, the next. thing
will be the men claiming
the rigl'o'l' tneir wives the
momei free or happen to
,tIond,n.
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For The Cecil Wig,
TO w. n. r..

Calmly now the sun Is sinking,
Down to rest behind the hill;
And the shadows .,atLer round ne,
Oh SO softly, and 50 still.
At my feet Il Stryamlrt gldCih,
Singing such a low sweet strain
Singing Of the lovei--:hc lost ones,
may never see again.
Singing the loved--the living,
Whertsoerer they may be,
Telling o 'er each maine 50 iondly;
Thus it sings, and sings TO me.
And to night name It nurinurs, s...--.-.-.-
Name of one never met,
Save but twice on Lies bleak desert
But | 'recollect him yet
A; my side, flower is lifting,
Its fair face to catch the dew,
Anl Il whispers oranothel,
THAI aiar from this one grew.
In my scrap -bnoh hat is lying,
And the gtver hnvc met,
Meier but twice on Life, t!eal DESERT
But 'recolleci hsn y@t.'
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celebratedvriter, a docto. u.
geology arp.lain to a militia,
rFegimcnt;cipal editor of the
.Afeubladng paper at Stock
holm has England after com.
hitting tgery, and attempt
ing to de Schewen, from
whom hand borrowed mon
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John A. J. CresWell.

A ttorncy at Law. Office opposite the f,t
- House.
Elkton, Nov. eff
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George Earle.

4 ttorney at Law. Elkton, Nd. Ofictn
IA door to Torbcrt'S Store.
Dec. uh 1850
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w. PinknaV Ewing,

Il TT o u v T. y 1T II u.
ELKToH, Nd. Office opposite Johnson'> l. {,
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ThtNDER SroRMs.-There waa . no
len, &. rl.ler storm at Philadelphia On
Saturday night, and another early on
Sunday morning. The Inquirer says
Between - and O'Clock, peal of
thunder rolled the along heavens, with
a tremendous energy and force, that
reused the whole community, and SEEM
ed toshake the city to its foundations.
1t was followed soon after BY another
OF almost equal strength. But little rain
fell, comparatively speaking. Yester-
day the weather was quite warm, though
"a fine breeze prevailed.
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~ H. c,,I-,,,.----- -,,.l...l
o hs ip,Io" l,.- ~ 49, C' NJ ~
As G "a, ', 'ha 'ne , ,IrI. o. ~. l.
a., ",a' Az ~ d o1't", . ., 'o' repre-
drassal ,a ths t",s ,r|I,, , ,n1a d"
, .,r( - w. ~. 1''1'I y, ''''' 'o''.i't
quest that those who ran their property
to Texas to avoid paying their Just debts,
Will please not to support me. 1t |
cannot be sent to the Legislature BY the
votes Of honest men, | won't 30"
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IT, The humorous lines h"l,w are intended
as a"hit'' at the many Inc things our Reporters
have said, from time 10 lnur, of our town. It's
neighborn2 hills and streams, and, above all,
Q; lis pretty "illS. That they have been a little
enthusiastic sometimes, is most true, but that
was naturally caused by the subjects upon which
they were dwelling. We shall welcome the
':Ha"l' as soon ms We can meet him, and we
dopht mol, We will soon be called on to print Il
description from his pen, OUTGOING all previous
attempts in that line.
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The PEACH GATHEpIHG in Delaware
has commenced, and it is stated that
the'' is prospeG of more than an or.
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F.1EAS.- superior Young Tyson, Imperial
z and Black Tea, just received by
June 3 +. BROWN; Jr.
(Jcnhjus' packed Teas constantly m hahd.)
The southern press., 1851-11-03
AsYe Sow, 10 shall Ye Reap.

Below we copy an extract from the New Or.
leans Crescent, to which we attach more import
ance from its being copied in the editorial col
umns of the National IHtelligencer. 1t is terri.
BILE, but we believe unexaggerated, picture of
the moral condition of California, that glorious
freesoil State, which has sprung with magical
suddenness out of the seehing train of the an
ti-slavery North. Ii is fair specimen of what
/ they can do when they have their own way, un-
restrained IL is ant-rentism, Greeleyism, and
! Garrisonism, and Sewardism, all mingled in one
| broth, and foundering in its own chaos The
North is beginning to reap the harvest Of that
figrant contempt of the Constitution and laws,
through which California came into the Union
Ii was not alone in the latter that the spirit Of
lawlessness and mobbing was sown by the violent
effervescence of Northern cupidity and ambition
in the late sectional struggle. We have seen its
fruits in the old States. 1t has established
among them the maxim that might is right and
nurtured throughout the North the feeling that
by doing evil to T. cir neighbors, they are of
course benefing themselves. We are very far
from yet seeing all the mischief that is to result
from the admission of California into the Union.
But we quote the extract from the CreSceni:-
Charleston Mercury.
The news from California is Of character
w shlhc OuI OtttCI OlutT, HOu more
quiet communities with astonshment Through
out the State, law is, so far as criminal jurisdc-
ton is concerned, mere de1d letter, and the
mob's will is life or death. The courts may de-
eide as they please but they know if their de.
cision be not relished by the mass of excited
and watchfu men around them, short trial, a
pitiless sentence, and summary execution await
the accused. The gibbet ready for momentary
use, stands perpetually in the public streets of
great metropolis, and at the tolng of bell the
whole community is gathered TO fearful scene
of violent death-all crowded into a few brief
hours Of agony and excitement. The court the
State, and local authorities In vain seek to stand
up before the spirit of the mob-aw which sweeps
over the State, whelming laws, constitution, and
authority in its uncomfortable tide. The Judges
indignant at this relapse into disorganizaton
this autocracy of popular passion, have retired
in disgust from their courts, yacant, and silent
and powerless in the excesses Of the day. II is
strange scene TO contemplate, and one which
will be widely censured. But morality and
eulogy Of the law are cheap things, where socie-
ty shields every right and interest of the citizen,
and regular police sentinels his safety But
look at California--its papers filled with endless
accounts of murders, robberies, and deeds of
violence--and then consider if such elements
can be eas ly controlled by ceremonious law, and
IL society 80 vexed may not be provoked into
exces-es. II is impossible to approve, but there
may be some palliation for this terrible mob-lsw"
The southern press., 1851-11-03
The Failure Of the Malls.

The MAtLs.-Out of four exchanges we gel
from Washington city, we have received one
paper in three weeks. The subscribers to The
Washington papers in this neighborhood are
equal sufferers, and complain that they frequent
ly lose their papers entirely. The roads were
never in better order then why this entire loss
of our papers p Union Beacon, Mississippi.
The above is only one of many assurances
that there is something wrong in the conduct
of those charged with the transportation of the
mails. Complaints often reach us, alleging that
there is great irregularity and explicable delay
in the arrival of letters as we'll as papers at the
proper offices of delivery We do not make
this observation with any disposition to find
fault with the central post. Office arrangement,
but to call attention Of the head of the DEPART
ment to the necessity for increased vigilance in
the Southwestern States, where there is evi-
IDENTITY some disorder that ought to be corrected
- Washington Union.
The southern press., 1851-11-03
Foreign RldicuIc of American Fashion.

We clip the following from the n Y. Home
Journal,
FOREIGN LAUGH AT AMERICAN FAsHoNABLE
News Our American report of arrivals and
belle-shps at Newport and Saratoga are the
subjects of fun abroad, and, of this, a CORES
pondent of the Herald says 81
81 see that Galignani, of the 4th, copies from
the London Times long article respecting the
United States, concluding with an extract from
a communication TO the Newport NeioS, of the
10th ult, co nplimentary to the ladies at that
celebrated place, copied by the Herald The
Times and Galignani should be the last to af
feet ridcule Of such publications. They can
devote whole columns TO barren catalogues of
names of persons who attend this Drawing
Room or that reception with details of dress
and attractions most painfully and tediousy
minute; and they are punctiliously careful
TO inform all the world and the rest of mankind
that the gallant Sir Harry So-and So is about
to lead to the hymeneal altar the elegant and
accomplished Lady Betty Nonesuch,' with all
the why's and wherefores of the momentous
event; while peer of the realm can't step from
one street to another without some chronicle Of
the achievement But these are people who
sport titles--dukes, earls, barons, lords, and
counts--with their wives and daughters, and that
makes wide difference"
For our own part, we hope the English papers
will continue their ridicule of the publication to
which reference is made The publication Of
the names of ladies who figure at various balls
and watering places, which periodically spears
in Northern papers, is not in the best possible
taste. The " High Life below stairs" of large
portion of the Upper Tendon" of the North
ern cities, is well calculated to raise general
laugh throughout the world at our expease-
These details Of dress and attractions are in
their proper place where recognized aristocraey
EXIST, but when they copied by nation Of pro-
fessed republicans, they naturally arouse mirtb
and deserve severe castgaton. 1t is obvious
that the opinion Of the English press upon all
subjects Is regarded with great Difference in this
country, and by none more than by the servile
imitators OF European manners and customs
We hope, therefore, that English journals in
the proper respect for the elements of true
greatness In our national character which they
have at last discovered, will not overlook follies
which can only be cured by rebuke from abroad,
and which uniformly turn deaf ear TO reproof
at home - Richmond Republic1n
The southern press., 1851-11-03

FRUITS OF INDIVIDUAL EHTERPRrsE-The
Reading railroad, in Pennsylvania, was built
without receiving any aid from the government,
and solely with the voluntary subscriptions of
its stockholders. We learn from correspond
ent of the Philadelphia Ledger, that it now
transports weekly from 40 to 10000 tons of coal
to New England and New York. 1t EMPLOYS,
in all, about fifteen hundred persons at salaries
and wages respectively of about 100000 A
month, or S720000 per annum. II consumes
materials in value of 800 900 a mouth, or about
$4,000 week, causing in all, CONSUMPTION of
material, salaries and wages,) an annual outlay
Of $4,000, all expended on its own ground.
Some of the items of its manufacture are par
ticuarly interesting and striking Thus it manu-
factHres thirty wheel a day, to perpetuate lis
machineries and cars, and requires annually
from seven to eight hundred tons of new rails
for repairs only. 1t consumes daily 45O cords
of wood, and evaporates in the same space Of
time half a million gallons of water. Yet, with
all the expenses of the road, the employment of
80 many hands, the consumption of fuel, repairs
&c, the cost of transportation falls yet short Of
81 cents per ton, such is the enormous quantity
OF coal brought down every year for consump-
ton. Indeed, the Reading railroad transports
more tons Of merchandise, and receives more
per mile, than any railroad in the world. and ex
ceeds in this respect, boti the Great Western.
and the London and Birmingham railroads, in
England.
The shipping of coal from Richmond DEPOT.
is said to exceed the whole foreign tonnage of
the port OF New fork.-.Journal Of Commerce.
The southern press., 1851-11-03

A set-of against the Woolly Horse" accord
ing to the Sapannah Republican, is on exbibi.
ton in that city. 1t is mare, captured on the
plains of Venezuela by party of American
hunters, headed by the we'll known traveller,
Juan Percy, and Capt Hail. She ia I5t hands
high, Of great beauty and symmetry, and w,ihout
one particle of hair on any part o. The body The
skin resembles India-rubber, and is almost ms
soft as velvet The delicate health of the ami
NAL will prevent her being brought North dur
ing the winter, in her present hairless condition,
The southern press., 1851-11-03

CURRENTS OF THE OCsAs--On the 18th July
last, bottle was picked up on the South shore
of Long Island, about 81 miles from Montauk
Point containing the following memorandum,
viz -
"Ship Western World, of Nantucket We'd
nesday, May 18th, 1850. Wind NJ T. Bound
from Liverpool to New York. Left England
April 18th. James ]. b. Payne, passenger"
The bottle was picked up by Patrick T..
Gould, Field House, Montauk.
The southern press., 1851-11-03
Difficulty Jet,oeen Kossuh and Captain Long
Letter Of KOssUh 10 The American Consul
MdrSeiHeS

Difficulty bet,oeea KosSuth and Captain Long
Letter Of Kossuh 10 The American Consul al
MdrSeiLeS.
NEWARK, N. j., Oct. 3l.-The Newark Daily
Advertiser publishes letter, dated Marseilles
which states that Kossuth was much excited at
the Prefect of the city allowing him to land only
on condition that no demonstration should be
made, and also at the conduct of the French
government The letter states that Kossuth
has ad iressed rather an abusive letter TO the
American consul at Marseilles in which he de.
nounces the consul, and Captain Long, of the
frgate Mississippi, saying tn he would
leave the ship at the first port she stopped, and
that he would proceed by private conveyance to
the United States. The writer of the letter to
the AdUeihser thinks there is no Just cause for
such conduct on the part of Kossuth, and doubts
if he ever intended visiting America.
he above is certainly indicative of some.
thing which may mar somewhat the distn-
guished consideration" of the American people
for the ilustrious cxile--a thing which they
themselves would be very 10th to have occur
There is, perhaps some MISUNDERSTANDING in the
case, which, when explained, may modify its
aspect Kossuth in the enthusiasm Of his ma.
ture, and admiration Of the liberaty of the
United States towards him, may have expected
too much, hence great disappointment and
chagrin were likely to ensue when he found it
was necessary TO circumscribe his movements.
Yet the United States officers were bound to
preserve its neutrality
The southern press., 1851-11-03
Escape Of a Fugitire-More Excitement a
Syracuse, DC

SYRACUSE, N. Y.,) Oct. 3l.-A fugitive slave,
the wife of free coored man residing in this
city, yesterday received warning that the United
States marshal had warrant for her arrest
when she Immediately fled towards Canada 1t
has caused great excitement among the colored
population and the white aiders and abetters in
the resistance of the fugitiYe-slave law. A
large placard has been posted on the principal
corners of the streets, warning all fugtives to
be on the lookout for kidnappers. The mar.
shal has issued orders to have them removed.
The grand jury has indicted James Lear, OF
Missouri, and Marshal Allen, for attempting to
kdnap the slave Jerry, who was forcbly rescued
from the possession Of the marshal