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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-09-06
From the Louisville Journal
Henry Clay.
BY JOHN X. HOLMES,

BY JOHN X. HOLMES.
Soon will lfc'S fevcrs end,
Thy silver temples find long reposc,
Thy mother earth, Thy last and quiet friend,
Thy noble heart enclose
High in the realms Of fame Tsigh
When death shall lead thee from the statesman :.
The stars of glory will nfold thy name
And make thy memory bright.
With death shall sleep the fire
Now wing ihom rostrums, and the lots brcas
And like the sparks from Norway pines expire
When on her white zone prest.
Pride Of the Senate--stand!
Age has not sno hcred thy Promethean light.
Nor nervcless rendered thy important hand
That v'ields Truths sword Alright!
Stand when rebellion brings
Her vandal tr be athwart an Empires way
Thy thought. terrific as the lightning, springs,
0 ma'chless Henry Clay!
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For The Cecil Wig.
Yes I VIII Sing.

pY SARAH J. c. wHITTLESEY.
Yes will sng-and yet this heart
Is all too sad for song;
Moments there are when nockeru
Peals from the laughing throng.
You do not know, you cannot tell
How lips may sing and smile
How brightly bloom the youthful cheek,
Yet breaks the heart the while!
The light and careless brow may hide
A multitude of woes,
The pallid check may, all full oft,
Outvie the brilliant rose.
Oh think not thou each lightsome wcrd
Springs from the hearts true iount,
For all it may, ev'n then, unhcard,
Unnumber'd woes recount!
Yes will sinq--yet chide me not
Because my song is low;
Memories there are about my heart,
That freeze its Gladstone Aow.
Ion cannot paint the glow ofjoy
Upon breaking heart,
Nor calm its weary thoughts to rest,
With fond, endearing art.
Feelings there are that must defy
Affections blessed tone:
The lip may answer to its love-
The heart be all alone!
Then let Inc sing--but do not chidc
My low and pcnsive lay,
For tears have swept the Joyous wreath
From this sad heart away!
.HernnJriq, Va.
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The EIlldicrQszS.

There is so great charm in the Sportive play
OF fame! aud wit, that there is no danger oftheir
being neglected and undervalued, or that The ma
tive talent for tn en- will remain undevcloped ::
orr chief solicltuse must be TO keep them, even in
their widest flights, still in subject to duty and
benevoencc. e must not allow ourselves TO
be ct'ayed into an approving smile at any eh'u-
slons q wit and hurnor which are tinciured in
the slightest degree by Immature. A child will
watch the expires SION olour countenance, to see
how far he may venture, and it he find that he
has the power TO amuse MS in spite of ourselves.
We nave no longer any hold over him from res
pect. and he will 90 rioting on in his salies I'M
III ne is tired, ana seek al every future opportu-
nifty to renew his triumph Wit, undrectcd by
brncvolence, gen, rally falls into personal satire
tile keenest Instrument of unkinincsS; it is so
easy to lauah at the expense Of our friends and
neighbors-they furnish such ready materials for
our w.t. that all the moral forces require to be
artaycd against the propensity, and its carly in
dlcatlcns checked. We may snirlze error, but
we must compassionate the crring. and this we
must always teach by example to children, not
only in whaIw say of others before chem, but
IN our treatment Of themselves. We should
never use rldlcule towards them, except when il
is so evidently gooi-nauurcd. that its spirit can
not be mistaken; the AGONY which a sensitive
child feels on being held up before others as an
object Of ridiculc. even fora triiing error, mir
take or a peculiarly, is not soon forgotten nor
easily forgiven. When we WISH therefore. to
excite contrtion for serious fault. ridicnle
should never be employed. as the feelings it rails
rs are directly opposite to selfreproach.
E,lMcGL.On of ihe Feelings.
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We have again and again asked our friends,
the farmers, TO contribute to our columns. Be
low is an article from one of them which we put
on this page as The Agricultural column was pro-
v;ded for before il came in. We OPP. now an
other start is made, 10 hear from them often.
We said to the gentleman who handed us the
following, that he was little sharp. 81 am
said he. "tor suffer by the effects Of the policy
write against"
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For The Cecil lrhig.
What is Love!
BY ANGIaNTHIuS

by aNSihN ll1ttS-
They tell inc love is iitfuI.
And shines with a elmmering light;
That mortals are torgetiul,
Ofthe early love they plight.
They tell me love is hceting,
As the rainbow in the sky;
y creature ever cheating,
Foolish mortals with sigh.
They tell me it is changing;
a fanciei thing not real,
\ creature ever ranging
Through iancy'S world ideal.
Some tell me loves despotic;
That he has an iron will,
Some call him an exotic;
That u Wintry breeze may kill.
Some tell me loves fairy.
Armed with bow and culver;
A creature light and airy.
A frown may crush and SILVER.
And some that Loves true hearted,
And binds with golden chain.
Hard to be bruk n or parted:
More hard to- be joined again.
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THE SUGAR MANFAcruRE.-The Ba.
ton Rouge Advocate learns that citizen
of that place has discovered a new sys-
TEN for the manufacture of sugar, by
which he can, with the ordinary machin-
cry now in use, make sugar perfectly
white. The molasses, which will be in
less quantities than at present, will also
be changed into the ordinary natural
syrup.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-09-06

HE MASSACRE MoNUMENT.-The project of
erecting monument in honor OF the Americans
mastered at Havana is seriously entertained in
New York, and the Sun ofthal city says:
We are authorized 10 state tina; the following
contributions have been already rendered: The
sum of $4,000 by one gentleman. on the condi-
ton that $50, 900 more shall be subscribed. From
two gentlemen jointly, $1,000 on the same con-
dition. From another (wilEout condilion) $4,000
and the pledge to raise as much from few
friends. Fom few Cuban exiles, $500.
From another gentleman, Cuban planter in this
city, three Thousand nuskefs.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-09-06

SEcREsy.-- THE extract given below,
we take from book entitled ESSAYS
written in the intervals of Business It
contains true principle, which. if ofen-
er remembered and acted upon, would
save the Shipwreck Of many a friend.
ship.
"For once that secresy is formally i'm.
posed upon you, it is implied a hundred
times by the concurrent circumstances
All that your Iricnd says to you, as to
his friend, is intrusted to you only.
Much of what man tells YOU in the
hour of afiliction, in sudden anger. or in
any outpouring of his heart should be
sacred. In dis crarlng for sympathy,
he has spoken TO you as to tbs oWn soul.
To repeat what you have heard in So
cial intercourse is sometimes sad
treachery; and when it is not treaher-
Gus it is often foolish. For YOU common
y relate bat pant Of what has happen
ed, and even if YOU are able to relate
that part with fairness, it is still as like
y to be msconstructed as a word Of ma
ny meanings, ina foreign tongue with
ouf the context.
There IRE fem Conversations whicA do
not imply some degree Of mutual conf
de4cc, ho~ecer slight.-And in addition
10 that which is said in confidence, there
is generally something which is peculi
ar, though not confidential; which is ad-
dressed TO the present company alone,
though not con;idcd to their srcrssy. Il
Is meant for them. or for persons like
them, and they are expected TO under
stand it rightly. So that, when a mar
has no scruple in repeating all that he
hears to anybody that he meets, he pays
but poor compliment to himself; for he
seems to take It for granted that what
was sad In his presence would have been
SAID, IN the same words, at any time,
aloud, and in the market place. in short
that he lsthe average man of mankind;
which doubt much whether any man
would like to consider himself"
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81 remember says the celebrated
Wesley, "hearng my father say to my
mother, How could you have the pa
tienceto tell that blockhead the same
thing twenty times Overt" Why
said she. ifI had told him but nineteen
times, | should have lost all my labor"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-09-06

4 Stony For DOG DAYs.-The Boston Times
tells the following:
We learn from reliable source that lump
ofhai weighing iro hnadyed and serentccn pounds
fell near Dover, N. H., on the goth inst. The
mass was observed at considerable elevation
before it descended, and created no little alarm
among hummer of people. 1t fortunately fell
in bog, and did no other damage than 10 throw
up mud and dir, upon all who we're in the vi.
cinty.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-09-06

CAPITAL.-The ',iunior editor" of the Sussex
Register having recently made some structures
upon the appearance Of an engine, which the
ladies' had adorned with earlands, they sen, him
a note requesting him, upon pain of their dis
pleasure, to retract. In reply he says:--
owe can't do that. Persistence in our opn-
ion is with us genealogical necessity. We
have character to susta;n---a character for
which we gave an nlterant phrenologist so cts
and a putf-and therein our ssfrmncss'' is mark
ed Z, the maxium notch--a development which
we must live up to, or science mus, suffer"
That mans acquaintance must be worth cul-
tivating. -Trenion True american.
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WHAT MUST YOU BE You are now
either the friend or the enemy Of God.
lfyou reverence and love Him, because
he is SO holy and 50 just that he cannot
but abhor every kind and degree of sin,
and is determined to punish it in the
most tremendous manner, while he par
dons and saves the pcnitent and believ-
ing sinner, then YOU are the friend of
God, interested in the merits of his Son
and fitted, by his Spirit, for his presence
in heaven. But, if not, you are his enc
my, fit only for hell; and, dying in your
present state, YOU will, YOU must-be
banished thither.
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EVIDENCES OF Coop CEARAcrER.-A
aoosler was called upon the stand, away
out west. TO testify to thv character ola
brother h"osier. 1t was as follows:
"RoW long have you known Bill
Bushwack :"
liver sine" he was born"
g" hat is lis general character :"
"h"tters A, No. |. 'Bove par very
great way
"h hat, in your opinion. are his quail
''ltatlons to good character ~
He IS the best shot on the prairies or
the woods; h" can shave an rve.winker
OF wolf as far as shooting iron will
carry a ball; he can drink a quart Of
brandy day, and chcws tobae CO like a
horse
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THE FIRE ANNlHILATon.-Onc of
these machines, imported BY MessrS. Adj
ans n Co., for their own use in Phia-
dclphia, and Which cost them $40, was
tried, by way of experiment, on SatuI-
day. The Ledger says:
The machine itself is about the size
OF an ordinary coal-scnt.lc, and of the
same NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. The top is
closed up, bat at one side is an oritice
for the escape OF the gas. The interior
is divided into three movable compart-
nlentS, and in the centre is a bottle con-.
tanning snlphuric acid. Each Of he
compartments contains different mate
rial, one being SUI phur, another saltpetrc
and the third compound known only
to the inyentor.-Aitcr allowing the
spectators to see the interior Of the APP
paratus, barrel ntaining shavings and
other comb0stibles was ignited, and
when in full blaze. Il screw being pres
sed in the annihilator broke the bottle,
this allowing the acid 10 minglc with
the other ingredients, The gas was form
ed, and poured out ina stream from the
oritcc. The gas was applied to the
fame, causing its extinguishment almost
instantly. The expense of each appIi-
cation is little over two dollars
" h"thcr it will answer or not when i,
comes to be applied on a more extended
scale, such as a burning house, is "a ques-
ton yet to be determined.
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CAPT. RODGERS, OF THE FALCON The
n. York Morning Star, of Saturday, an
sWerS some severe structures by the Sun
ofthat city, upon Captain Rodgers, be-
cause that officer did not see fit to run
the Falcon into the Habanero, the Span
ish steamer, who fired across her bows:
The Star says:
Two of the passengers by the Falcon,
eye-witnesses ofthe affair between that
vessel and the Habanero, have called
upon us to state that the great difficulty
was to restrain Lieut.. Rodgers. He Or
dered the gun of the Falcon to be put in
fighting trim, and having no ball, caused
the bars of an old CRATE to be shivered
to pieces, and shotted his cannon there
with. He was requested to come on
board the Habanero, but positively re-
fused.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-09-06

LITERARY PRIZE. The sum of $3.50
has been placed in the hands of a gem
tleman of New York, by colored man,
formerly slave in Cuba, to be approprn-
ated in manner deemed most eligible
for the benefit of the negro population.
The person who holds the money has
offered it as a prize to the author of the
best essay on the subject of emigration to
Liberia. Those who write for the re-
ward are desired to send their manu-
scripts to the editors of the New York
Evening Post.
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III wish,' said yirginian to his
brother, resident in Ohio, sto emanci.
pate one hundred slaves, and [ desire
YOU to take them to Ohio" ~ cannot
do it, replied the brother. "The cit;-
zens Of Ohio will not allow me to BRING
one hundred slaves among them to SET.
tie. But do you take them to Wheel.
lng,and there place them on asteamboat
Tor Cincinnati, and speak of taking them
TO New Orleans; and while you are look
ing out for another boat give the chance
and tie o6oltttonists uiW steal tie uho1e
Of then and run them of, and then cec-
brate perfect triumph over them. But
II you take them to the same men, and
ask them to receive and take care If
them, they will tell you to take care of
them yourself"
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SATURDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 6 1851
1aOraC% Greeley When q Boz.

Aera a1'S eEa''esFF w saNN u kSC|.
The Boston Mail thus refers to Hor-
ace Greeley, " then apprentice ina coun-
try printing Office in Vermont. "On a
visit CONNECTED with political matters,
to the Hon. Robert c. Mallory, then one
OF the most distinguished members of
Congress, and the most noble champion
OF the "American System" we went
with him into an obscure printing office
at poultney, Vermont, his place otres-
idcnce. Among other things. he called
our attention to Young compositor,
who was rather awkwardly sticking
types" and who, though then full grown
was evidently the youngest apprentice
in the office. His legs ran good deal
more than ga feet" through his panta-
looms, the sleeves of his coat scarcely
reached below his elbows; his hair was
white and haxcn, and, he was. on the
whole, IN the aggregate, taken scperate-
ly and together, the greenest looking
specimen of humanity We ever looked
at; and this Is saying a good deal, "for
we keep looking glass; That boy"
said Mr.. Mallory, "wiH make a remark
able man, can't hold an argument with
him on masonry, or anything else con-
nected with politics." As Mr.. NJ. was
one of the ablest men in Congress, his
remark caused us some surprise; and we
not onl y 'mada note of it," but took an
other look at the "devil = (printer's we
mean,) and could not but trace in the
expansive forehead "a mind formed in
natures finest mould, and wrought for
Immortality" 1t was years afterwards
that we became aware oc the fact that
that boy was Horace Greeley
.Nr. II. G. Pratt, the artist, who,
with his son, is attached 10 The MEXICAN
boundary commission, writes to his wife
in Boston, from San Antonio, Texas,
that
Earning is a different thing here
from what it is in the North; here we
can buy thousand acres OF land which
is IN beautiful grass, smooth as floor,
get two yoke of oxen for forty to sixty
dollarsa yoke, and a plough; begin t.
plough in November; plant 100 acres Of
corn in February, get all the work done
in April; and in September harvest it,
and get one dollar a bushel for it; the
amount will be five thousand dollars at
least; this will pay for the land and all
other expenses for the first vear.--Tha
finest land in the world, without stump
or stone in it, can be bought here any
where for from fifty cents to one dollar
per acre; and corn is a dollar to a dollar
and a quarter per hushel. Cattle, Tor
which you need never cut pound of
hay, can be bought for three to five dol
lars piece. No one need work at all
during the hot months; the country is
very healthy if you avoid the low lands.
You can come from New York to Gal
weston for thirty dollars by vessel; and
after you land, can take wagon and
oxen or mules, and 90 where you please.
There Is q road anyrhere you irish togo;
you can traverse the country in almost
any direction, with wagons, without any
road, just as we'll as YOU could drive the
same team across Boston Common, and
that, when the grass is high, is a fair IL
lustration of the country between Veto
rio and Sun Antonio
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STRANGE lNcoNsIsTENcy.-There are
many men, and women too, for that
matter, who would handle a watch worth
twenty-five dollars with the utmost care,
for fear Of deranging its mechanism,
while they would not hesitate to lay
rough hands upon the feelings of Others
worth twenty years of happiness. Many
a man there is who would ''turn aside to
let reptile live" who would not scru-
pie to set his foot upon human heart
and crush it--manv lady who would
deem it sin to ruille or lace cap, is
not slow to rend the more exquisite net
work of the heart.
"Many man will drop W upon
the plate of a fashionable church, with a
gloyed hand, for the poor, who would
turn those same poor from his door, to
perish amid the storm of hard winters
night"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-09-06

Youth may sometimes afford a lesson
to maturity. All horse-pistols have
been supersededby the rsvolvers of c olt
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-09-06

PAlNl's L!Gus, Mr.. Paine has an.
nonnced that he is now ready to enter
into contracts Tor lighting the world with
gas. In an address in the New Eng
land papers, he says:
".tll the objection, OF the Patent Cf'i,c
are now ovrrruled, and ny patsnt mM
ISSUE IN rs proper ordcr md tine. As
regards the originality, orpractical val
ue OF the invention, | would rema i, that
both questions have been made the sub
i'ect of critical experiments bv eminent
chemists, (wflosc names and statements
can be seen at my house and they de-
eide that it is both original and of great
practical value.
Il am now ready to contract (wllern
have jur'sdiction) to light hotels, fac.o-
rles, or private dwellings, with super
Tor light, fifty per cent lesl than that of
any artificial light known.
"HLNRY NJ. PAINE"
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WHOLE No SGT

A CARDINAL FOR PmLApELPHrA. In
the last foreign news il is stated that the
Pope is about to make some new cardi
mails, among which is the "Archbshopof
Philadelphia This evidently refers to
DR.. kcndrick. the learned Roman Cath.
Ole Bishop Of Philadelphia--and thus
the friends Of Archbishop Hughes, who
have been expecting this honor for him,
are disappointed. The foreign item
saws:
The Pope was to haze promoted to
the dignity OF Cardinals, at the next
Conslstory, the Archbishops of Munich.
Philadelphia, the Pohtifcal Nuncio a.
Vienna, and the Minister of the Interior.
Monsgnor s'avelli. The promotion.
however Is to be postponed until No
vembcr.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-09-06

Ger \ jos. Old Domsnie L.++r.
Of the Dutch Church, celebrated Tor bi.
goodness and hrs holnsy originality, on
an excessively hot summer Sabbath when
announcing his text, read oil four vers.
es, and said, This is the foundation Of
the first head Of my DISCOURSE" After
reading four more he said.--"This il
the ground of the second head of nv dis.
course And after reading another
four, he continued, This is the foupda-
ton of tn" third head Of my discourse.
Then stepping back and pulling off his
warm cloth coat, he hung it on the side
OF the pulpit, and, conspicuous in his
white llnnen sleeves, be began. "Now,
brethren, depend upon it, we have
got job before us"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-09-06

The FIRE ANN,rELAroR.-The Amer
'can patent for Philips celebrated Fire
Annlhllator has been purchased BY an
association of eminent capitalists and
business men Of the United States
Hon. Elisha Whittlesey, First Comp
troller of the Treasury department. has
been appointed Treasurer Of the C ON
nany. Overa million dollars has been
invested in the enterprise.
A windy orator in the New York Lev
islatnre. after lengthy effort, stopped
for drink ofwater. al rise" said Bloss
:'for point of order. "-Evcrvbodv sta
red, wondering what the point of order
was. What is it," asked the Speaker.
81 think, SIR said Blos., cts out of or
der fora windmill TO- GO by water"
Co.. CEl1TENDEN.-J he Louisville
Courier says thc Col. Crittenden," shot
at Havana was doubtless William Crit.
tenden, son of John A. Crittendpn, late
Marshal Of the Louisville Chancerv
Court. The same paper says that Pat.
rick Dillon, DR.. Fisher, Vaudeville, and
three or four others of the unfortuuatps
were from Indiana.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-08-27

1880 feet, board measure, best quality l inch
red elm plank Z inches wide
500 feet board measure, best quality l inch
red elm plank, inches wide
$3.50 feet board measure, best quality l inch
red elm plank, 10 inches wide
5000 feet, board measure, best quality inch
red elm plank, II inches wide
$500 feet board measure, best quality p inch
red elm plank, 10 inches wide
900 feet, board measure, best quality inch
red elm plank, Is inches wide.
IL 800 feet, per M feet, board measure All to be
clear Of centre pith, wane, rot, sphts'
shakes, yellow and other stains, and TO be
sawed to full and even thicknesses
5000 feet cypress boards, inch thick, TO be from
20 to 80 feet long, and from to IL inches
wide, per Nj feet, board measure
1000 feet cedar boards, to 25 feet long, to II
inches wide, and of an inch thick, per M
feet, board measure.
Glass No. 5.-BLaek Spruce SpGrs.
so black spruce piece spars, as feet long and 10
inches diameter in the middle, clear ofbark, each
so black spruce piece spars, AZ feet long and
inches diameter in the middle, clear ofbark each
The whole TO have the bark on, and to be fresh
and sound.