The Cecil Whig., 1851-11-22
Ulie eastern 5ljorcma,,.
Letter from Snow Hill.
Correspondence ofThe Cecil Whig.1
Snow HILL, WORCESTER Co, }

| Busiaess-Character Of tile people,
Effect Of The An4i-Bribery Lnw--
Cours-Decision in taror of .Mschan-
acs-.d negro and u Wife stolen, and
Mr.. Knor IN bud Jon-.NeMod Of
Farmsng-Joliifcatiou orer the defeat
Of Towasend-.Ur. Fankliu-W -Whig
Senator defeated By Froud, &c.
&c. RICKETTS,, Esq Amid the va
rlety and number of your correspon-
dents, have seen none who gave YOU
any account of the appearance ofthings
IN this region. This town, the county
town for Worcester contains popula-
ton of about 100. 1t is IS miles below
Berlin, about IA miles from the Allan
tic and IA miles north of the Virginia
line.
1t contains the usual public buildings;
our Court House is a substantial brick
building with convenient court room
and offices Tor Clerk and Register on
the first floor, with lobby and jury rooms
on the second; our Jail is in a dlapids-
ted condition and is not safe place to
keep prisoners unless they are well IRON
ed and guarded. We have quite num-
Der Of places of worship; al P. Episcopal
NJ Episcopal, Presbyterian and Metho-
dist Protestant Church, but our religious
advancement as community, does not
keep pace with the number of our pla-
ces for Public Worship. The NJ. E.
church contains more members than any
other.
There is but little Mechanical busi-
ness done in the Town, and though we
have plenty of stores-some 10 or IL
it is not a place of much business.
The county Court commenced its ses-
sion here last Monday, and many per-
sons from different parts of the county
have been drawn together, either by
business or curiosity. The more veal
thy portion of the inhabitants of this
county are generally we'll educated,
courteous and atiable; the pooer part of
the population have paid but little at
tentinn to education, and many of them
are ignorant and degraded. Here as on
every other part of the Peninsula, the
free rs" ofintoxicating drinks has done
its full share towards debasing and de-
grading the population; and unless our
people awake to the importance of the
temperance reformation, fear its evils
: will increase.
The clause i'll the new constitution
prohibiting bribery seems here to have
increased the use of intoxicating drinks
in electloneering; and treating at every
} tavern and gTog shop by the candidates
Is an effective means of secur NJ votes.
salutary and striking indeed would be
| the change if the use of thesa drinks
We're banshed from among lis.
, Various cases of assault and battery,
larcenles Sc, have been decided in
court but no case worthy of special no.
) tlce, except perhaps case of replevln,
: in which the decision of the jury was,
, that mechanic who had repaired an ar
ticle had a right to hold possession of it
, till his bill was paid.
Some excitement was created here by
: the receipt OF the intelligence that Mr..
r Knox living near Berlin had absconded
r taking with him a negro belonging to
his father; a wife belonging to his
$ nelghbor, deserting his own wife and
l children. They were pursued and
I overtaken at Princess Ann where they
had endeavored to sell the negro, and
y from which place they were about ia
| eking the steamboat for Baltimore.
l Knox was lodged in prison and will be
! brought on here for trial. The lady re-
mains at present at Princess Ann deplo-
e ring the hard fate that separates her
l from her paramour. What makes this
matter more deeply affecting, is the fact
: that the father of the lady and her con-
nectons generally, are persons of stand
h ing and respectability. God pity such
$ a father, when called to weep over a
$ daughter SO lapsed-so deeply fallen
p She is about 80 years of age, and lef,
:. several children at home.
a Our country with slight exceptions is
i region Of sand, but the land is we'll
adapted to the growth of Indian corn
There is but little wheat sown and the
:, land is generally titled in two fields, one
=, half in corn every year, very exhaust
ing system OF tiIIage. Of late years the
# corn crop has been considerably increa
: sed by clearing up and bringing into
;. cultivation new lands, and by the prac
Il tice which now universally prevails O
s ~ making compost and manurirg the corr
y. IN the hill. A few farmers are adopting
\ i better modes OF cultivation, increasin!
" y. the number of their fields, sowing clio
~ =, yer and using lime and other fertilizers
but it will require many years to intro
duce generally, in this county, NOR
rational and less exhausting system o