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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

The PACIFIC RAILROAD IN MrSSouRI.-The
St. Louis Union says that the Pacific Railroad
has been suspended in consequence ola contro.
veIsy with some of the landholders on the route
about the price they shall receive for their lands
The latter insist upon having ''benefts" assess
ed and paid for; the company offer to pay cash
value now. The question is going into the courts,
and may delay the farther prosecution of the
work for the present.
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NEWARK FEMALE INSTITUTE

THE WINTER SESSION of this Seminary
will commence on the first WEDNESDAY of No
vember, AID continue five months.
Terms, per Session.
Board including fuel, lights, &C., $500
Tuition in English branches, 1000
Music, with use Of Instrument, 1000
French, or Ancient Languages, each, 1000
Drawing and Painting or Embroidery, 1000
Washing, per dozen. 30
For further particulars address,
Mrs. p. HAMBERLAIN,
Sep 10 5w Ncm0,k. Doia,""rc.
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WHOLE No 53l

THE Devil SHor.-A fast young
man died at Pisa, rejecting the geod off.
ces of sundry monks, who threatened
him with the Devil and exacting a
promise from friend that he would not
leave his body until it was buried. Tho
friend Corsican, accordingly watched
over the body, in burial At the dead
hour of night the Devil stood by this
side draped in black and red, having
enormous horns, and long tail.-He
asked what he wanted, but he gave no
ineligible reply, and made advances
towards the body, the Corsican coolly
drew pistol and shot the Devil dead.
He proved to be convent 'bell-man.'
The young man was tried and acquitted,
as there was no law against shooting the
Devil-and the young man persists that
ne really believed he was firing at Sa.
tan.
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HOvER,S INK MANVFACTORY


No. 144 Race Street,
<Between Fourth and Fifth, opposite Crown ST.,
PHILADELPHIA.
VNHERE the Proprietor is enabled, by in
w creased facilities, TO supply the growing
demand for HovEa's INK, which its widespread
reputation has created.
This Ink is now so wei! established in the
good opinion and confidence of the American
Public, that it is scarcely necessary to say any
thing in its favor, and the manufacturer takes
this opportunity to say that the confidence thus
secured shall not be abused.
In addition to HE various kinds Of Writing Ink
he also manufactures Adamantine Cement foI
lnending Glass and China. rs well as superior
Hair Dye; trial only is necessary to insure its
future use, and a Selling Wax, we'll adapted fol
Druggists and Bottlers, al a very low price, in
large or small quantities. All orders addressed
to JOS. Z. HOVER, Manufacturer,
Sep l3 3m No. l4l Race Street.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

AN ANTl-SEcEssIoNIsT.--A lady in South
Carolina says she goes heart and soul for the
Union; for iiSlatcs may sparate when they please
after making bargain of Union, the next thing
will be the right of the men claiming the right
to secede from their wives the moment they disa
gree, or happen to get offended with them.
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Nepark (N. J.) News.

CRops IN MAlNE.-The crops are
coming in bountifully in this vicinity.
Wheat, both summer and winter, is good;
hay plentiful, potatoes look well as yet
and no complaint Of rot. Corn looks
well, but backward. There will be
good crop fthe frosts keep off two or
three weeks longer. The warm wealth
er we are now having is bringing it to
maturity very fast.-Portland Mquirer.
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CLOTHS, CASSI.MERES &c.

DLACK, Blue, Olive, Green, Brown, and
DMulberry Cloths; black and fancy Cassi
meres; figured and plain black Satin, fancy do;
twilled silk, black and fancy; Cashmere and Mar
settles Vestings; black and fancy silk Neck Ties;
silk Hdkfs, printed and plain cambria do; linen
collars; black and fancy kid, silk, Lisle thread.
and cotton Gloves; Braces and Hosiery.
APP 10 For sale by WIN. TORBERT.
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LOST AND FoUND.-Among the lost things
found at the Crystal Palace, and advertised is
one lady's hustle, one pair lance,s, one petticoat,
four eyeglasses, twenty-five bags of various
colors, twenty-eight punches of keys, one hun
dred and sixty-eight parasols, one pistol, one
flask, slxty-seven bracelets, two hundred and
seventy-five shawl brooches and clasps, three
hundred and nineteen pocket handkerchiefs, any
quantity of purses with sums of money varying
iron cd to Is, and finally ninety children, boys
and girls.
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UNIvERsALlsTs.-The Universalist General
Convention for 1851 held a Roston las,
week. The attendance was very large, includ.
ing more thantwo hundred preachers from eleven
different States and Nova Scotia. The location
of their proposed College was not fixed, but a
Committee of six Clergymen was appointed lo
examine and report on the claims ofrival local.
tiles.
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Mr.. BRENT AT LANCAsTER.-A letter from
Lancaster, Pa, to the New York Herald says:
The citizens Of Maryland have reason to be
proud of the conduct of their Attorney General
whose close and searching cross examinations Of
the witnesses ELECTED general admiration; and
Notwithstanding the prejudices ofmany agans,
the fugitive slave law, Mr.. Brent was received
with open arms by his legal friends, and shown
the utmost courtesy.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04
SATURDAY MORNING OCTOBER 4 1851

Terror. 1t may be interesting to know
that the Royal Marine whose grave was
found was Sergeant VIM. Braine, of the
Woolwich division, who volunteered to
proceed to the Arctic regions with the
Exploring party, although he had only
recently returned from service in China"
1t would be curious if the American
Expedition should be the first to discov-
eraSir John or his fate with certainty.
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Sonnet.

BY r. T. CONRAD.
Lo! on the Susquehanna's gentle tide,
The twilight fingers On the pillows breast
II fondly hangs and iondly is caresl;
And wecps and bushes like a parting bride.
Mark, how the gay and gladdencd river CLOVIS!
Now bank and wave and iondly bosomed isle
Grow bright and beauteous in that glorious
smic
And now-'tis past! The stream in darkness flows.
So sets the smile oflove upon the tide
Ola lone spirit Though its banks be gay,
And many bright scene woos it from its way,
That smile is gone-it knows no joy beside,
But flows in sadness on. So let it flow,
Until that gentle smile again awake its flow!
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BOUNDARY CoMMIssIoN.-lt is stated from
Washington that serious difficulties are under
stood to have broken ont in the Mexican Bound
airy Commission, rendering the recall Of Col.
Graham necessary.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

UrAmoung the flags displayed before
Lord Elgin, at Boston, was one that
claims ''the whole boundless continent
is ours"
EKossuth, it is now said, ambarks
direct for the United States, on board
of man Of war, TO sail from Turkey.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

A BIG GRArE.-A Scuppernong grape
from a vine on Masonboro Sound, was
LAID on our table the other day. 1t was
the largest specimen we have ever be-
held. Being curious, it was measured
and found to be four inches in circum-
ference, and it weighed half an ounce.
Wilmington az CO. Jour.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

CUBA-Imporfant Rumor.-The National In
telligencer says the following is an extract of n
letter from gentleman in New York, whose
correspondence in England is from the most
respectable and we'll informed sources He saws:
81 have letter by the last British steamer
which states that Spain, France, and England,
are negotiating treaty respecting the guaranty
of Cuba. The conditions are that Cuba sha
have local Legislature--a representative in
the Cortes at Madrid-and that provision sha II
be made for the gradual abolition of slavery in
the Island consider the information very re-
liable"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

THE Jackson Monument at New Orleans is to
be erected at a cost Of $500 for the pedestal
which is to be 2 feet inches in height, and Of
granite. It's 10 be surmounted by an equestrian
statue of the old hero.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04
LAND FOR SALE.

THE subscriber has several Tracts of Land
lying near Ellton and North East, for sale. He
will sell on favorable terms in lots to suit pur-
chascrs. THOS. S. THOMAS.
Two or three tenants wanted for small Farms.
North East, Aug. 80. If
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

FINE SPoRT.-Wild Pigeons have been re.
markably numerous in the region of Plattsburp
New York, this season. The roost of the birds
is in forest some six miles long and two wide
each containing from twenty to eighty nests:
Companies of pigeon ca,chers went out from
Pennsylvania, and they, with others, have sen,
more than one million eight hundred thousand
birds to the city markets. Several bushels OF
grain were fed out to them in batting. Hauls
have been made of 1900 at one time. The noise
made by the birds at their encampment was so
great that persons could not converse five wards
apart. They disappeared on the 18th of July,
taking their flight over the forests north of Yer
mont, towards Maine.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

Col. BENTON Is AT Washington, it is stated
engaged upon his book-hs thirty years. obser.
vations as Senator. The st. Louis RepubIi.
can says he has taken up hi. residence at Wash.
inston city for the fall and winter.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

New CoUNTERFEIT.-An new counterfeit five
dollar note of the Farmers Bank of Delaware.
at Dovor, is announced as in circulation. The
following is description:
The plate is wholly unlike that used by the
bank, and is evidently an alteration from the
plate from which the newly issued counterfeits
on the Farmers Bank of Mount Holly were
struck. The vignettc is a man on horseback.
and drove of cattle. The medallions on either
side ofthe vlsnette, together with the end pieces,
containing the denominations are very imper-
feet, showing too great a contrast between the
black and white spots. Between the name of
the officers is a small steamboat; engraved by
Draper. Underwood, Bald and Spencer. Paper
soft and fimsy.
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A gentleman in Nantucket, while
driving to Siasconset, found his horse
suddenly attacked by an owl. The
horse ran away, the carriage was de-
molished, and the gentleman was com.
PEELED TO finish his journey on horseback
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

GIVE copy from the October Graham's
Maga.ine, the following pretty sonnet to our
noble Susqnehanna, by Judge Conral. Our
correspondent "Pcter'' lately called the atten-
ton Of the poelical correspondents Of The Wing
to its beauties, and the grandeur OF the high
and we hope some of them may, gathering in
spiration from the scenes in question, describe
them 10 US in sweetest verse.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

A student of medicine out in Michi-
gan, having courted girl year, and
got the mitten, has turned around and
sued her father for 'the visits" he paid
her.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

TERRENCE BELLEw McMANUs.-Thsg gen
tleman, one of the martyrs in the recent efforts Of
the Irish toachievc religious and political liberty
has opened commission house in San Francisco
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

DThere is one redeeming trait a.
bout termagants, and that is, they are
always tidy. The more women scold
the harder they scrub-a fit of ugl,ness
always terminates in breaking out of
slop pals and whitewash brushes.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

EWm. Ogden Niles, son and for
mer partner of the late H. Niles, Esq.,
editor of Niles Register, has soma
thought of reviving that valuable publ
cation.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE.

THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE,
That the subscriber of Cecil county has OBJ.
tanned from the Orphans Court of said county
letters of Administration on the personal estate
of
William Hudson,
late of said county deceased. All persons hay
ing claims against the said deceased, are hereby
warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers
thcreofduly authenticated, on or before the
18th day of August 1852,
they may otherwise by law, be excluded from
all benefit of said estate. All persons indebted
to said estate are requested to make immediate
payment to the subscribers. Given under our
hands this 18th day of September, 1851.
WILLIAM TAYLOR, Admir-.
September 10 '5l-6w.
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The following Bible authority is cited
bythe opponents of the Bleomer cos
tune. Of course the attempt to intro
duce the fashion will be at once aban-
doned: "The woman shall not wear
that which pertaineth unto man, neither
shall man put on woman's garment; for
all that do so are an abomination unto
the Lord thy God" p [Deut. %: S.
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BURNING Coal MINE ExTINGUIsHED.-We
learn from the Pottsvlle Miners Journal, tina,
the experiment of extinguishng the fire in Mr..
Potts coal mine in that vicinity by closing it up
has been entirely successful. BY closing the
mine. all ventilation was prevented, and the gas
necessarily accumulated, acted as an extinguish-
err. The mine was opened on Monday night
and the experiment was found entirely success
tul-not spark ofthe fire remained.
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1t is somewhere related that two ship
wrecked sailors, clinging to the same
plank, were thrown upon the shore to-
gether. For good while the poor fell
lows feared that they had escaped death
on the water only to meet it in more
terrible form on the land. At which
they espied, at distance, something
which bore the appearance of an artih-
cial structure. One of them assembled
hill, where he could gain better view
ofthe object. Calling back joyously to
his companion, he said, "Ihank heaven
Jack we are in a civilized land: here is
q galloWs!
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John Mcpherson Berrien, declares his
intention of acting withthe Union party.
He has been claimed by the Southern
Rights party.
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Mount Washington, the highest peal
of the White Mountains, IN. H.) il
1924 feet above the level of the sea
Black Mountain, in Yancy county, N
c., is 6,476 feet.
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KENT CouNTy.-The democrats ofthis coun-
ty have made the following nominations:
For Clerk, Thos. II llorsoy; Register Of Wills,
J. Thomas Skirveni Legislature, Col. VIM. Camp
and George Gale; Sheriff, Edwin Crouch; Judges
Of the Orphans Court, Geo. Wilson, David Ar
thur and David c. Blachiston; Levy Court, VIM.
Parker, Benz. +. Beck, James Arthur, Richard
Motiatt and Thomas +. Cooling.
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TThe name of Mr.. Gilmore Simms
the novelist, is proposed for the Presi-
dency OF South Carolina College, to
succeed the Hon. VIC. Preston.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

The last steamer to Europe is said to
have carried out instructions to Mr.. Bar.
ringer, our Minister at Madrid, to urge
the Spanish government to exercise
mercy towards her unfortunate and
misguided prisoners of the Cuba Expe.
dition.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-04

EMIGRANrs FOR LIBER1A.-The Win.
chester (Va.) Republican states that
Rev. r. W. Bailey the energetic agent
of the Colonization Society, has more
than eighty emigrants for Liberia as
sembled in that town, principally from
Augusta and Rockingham. Others are
expected which will increase the mum.
Der to hundred in all. The Republic
can adds:
eve are happy to learn that the free
colored people are beginning to under
stand their own true interests in this
matter, and that a number of families in
this place and vicinity are making their
arrangements to join the company. 1t
is expected that the packet about to sail
from Baltimore will take out one hun
bred and fifty emigrants from the Valley
of Virginia. Several ladies ofWinches-
ter have collected, and sent in large par.
GELS of clothes for the use OF the emf.
grants"
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"Napoleon was great mamie was
hoss," said a punster in conversation
about the late revolution i'll France.
ale was thatn' replied the wit, land
he had mighty martial neigh" (Mar.
shall Ney.)
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IT is common, says Tacitus, to esteem
most what is most unknown.
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You can't prevent the birds of sad
ness from flying over your head, butyo
may prevent them flom stoppingto build
their nests there.
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PROMISES made in time of afillction
requires better memory than people
commonly possess.
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GU ANO. LINN IL,
TUST received from ships Norman and Sout
d America
40 Bags Peruvian GuanO.

which am selling as cheap as it can be bought
elsewhere and perhaps little cheaper. Call
and see, a good article of Pata gonian also on
hand. expect Boat load of Wrightsville
Lime here this day Saturday, persons in want
will please call Immediately.
JOS. p. CANTWELL,
Elk Landing, Lower Wharf.
Sent 6tlI '51-6w
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MEMORANDA.

MEMOkANDA.
81. On the Goth ofAugust, 1850, ira.
ces were found to the northward or Port
lnnis, Wellington Channel, confirming
those previously found at Cape Riley by
Captain Ommarnney. These consisted
of fragments of clothing, preserved meat
tins, and scraps of papers, one of these
bearing the name of M'Donald, medical
officer in the expedition"
"2. On the 81, Capt. Penny's parties
reported graves. These We're at once
visited by Capt. De Haven, Mr.. Penny,
and DR.. Kane. They bore respectively
the names of w. Braine, K. NJ, and
John Hartnell, of the Erebus; and J.
Torrington, of the Terror, the date of
the latest death being the Sd of April,
1916. These persons belonged to
franklln's crew. Added to those sad
but unmlstakable evidences were the
remains of the observatory, carpenters
shop, and armorer's forge. Upon the
hill side and beach were fragments of
wood, metal, and clothing, with stacks
of empty meat tins. Everything indi.
Gated permanency and organization.
There can be no d oubt that the cove be-
tween Cape Riley and Beechy Island,
facing Lancaster Sound, wa, the first
winter station of the missing vessels.
On the 3lst of September the impervi-
Gus ice of the Wellington Channel UNI
derwent complete disruption, and by
the 9th several vessels penetrated to the
CORVALLIS side. Such, however, was
the lmpenetrable character of the pack
in Lancaster Sound that by the 10th of
September the entire searching squad
ron were again concentrated about eight
miles south of Griffth's Island. This
was the turthest westing attained by the
American expedition. The latest dates
from Commodore Austin are of the 18th
of September.
They were then in momentary ex-
Pectasion of making winter quarters, and
it is probable that small harbor discoy.
cred by Capt. Ommanney, about three
miles east of Oape Martyrs, will be the
haven selected. Thence the American
vessels, while proceeding homeward
were frozen in, opposite Wellington
Channel, drifting during the ensuing
winter from latitude of rs IS through
out the channel and sound of Batfin's
Bay.
Their liberation, after much exposure
and trial, took place on the 10th of
June, 1851, at point south of Cape
Walsingham IS 30-a linear drift ex.
ceedmg 1850 miles. The commotion
of the ice with its attendant uncertainty
was their chief source of trial. Every
officer and man had marked scorbutic
disease, but no deaths have occurred.
The crews are now refreshed, and the
expedition is endeavoring to regain the
seat of search have &C.,
"E. K. Kane, Surgeon to the Expedi-
ton"
The London News, of the 10th inst,
gives great Importance to these notes,
and says:
"The intelligence of traces of Sir
John Franklin and his companions has
been scanned with eagerness by the vet
eran Arctic explorers now reposing on
the laurels at Woolwich, and many Of
them are sanguine in the expectation
that they may yet have the pleasure of
welcoming at least the surviving portion
Of the noble crews who left Woolwich
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"Dayis Straits. ,Julu o., 1851.

"Dayis Straits, July "a, 1851.
"My Lords:-May it please your
Lordships to receive at my hands the
enclosed testimony, received on the
10Th of July, of the American searching
vessels, of the account of their yswage
in search of Sir John Franklin. On the
18th of September, 1880, they left all
the searching vessels at Cape Martyrs,
CORVALLIS Island, they not being ena-
BILE to pursue any further westward di-
rection from that date. A harbor, call
ed the Assistant Harbor, discovered by
Captain Ommanney, three miles south
of Cape Martyrs, was the place in seec-
ton by them to winter in. The bay ice
was forming very strong at the time,
yet the Advance and Rescue were de-
termined to proceed homewards; but,
unfortunately, however, gale sprang
up and drove themup Wellington Chan
mel fifty miles, and afterwards they were
frozen in. The American Captain, De
Haven, told me that the winter was very
mild, and that he can give no further
particulars respecting Sir John Franklin
than the inclosed account. He said he
was determined to 60 to the seat of
search again, after having wintered and
all the documents received from the ad-
miralty, and others | gave to him.
John PARKER, master ofthe True Love-"
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Traces of Sir John Franklin-Ameri.
can Expedition.

News from the American Exploring
Expedition to the 18th September, 49,
so, has been received in England, in a
letter addressed to the admiralty. 1t is
transmitted by the master of the barque
True Love, a whaler, in letter as fol-