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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-05-03

WILD PIGEONS. Seven tons of wild
pigeons were brought to New York on
Friday by the Erie Railroad, and it is
stated that not less than serenty,fre tons
have been brought to market over the
same road, chiefly from Steuben and
Alleg hany counties.
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Town. 1t will be
remembered that the election for Town
Commissioners takes place on Monday
next. 1t is Of some consequence to have
an efficient Board.
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BosTcN, May lst.-.M. Hcbs'er's Reply to
the .Hkdermen. Webster's letter TO the joint
committee OF the Councils was read al the spe-
cial meeting this evening, and is in the follow
ing words BosToN, April 22I.
Gentlcmen-I have perused the paper which
you did me the honor to place in my hands yes
tcrday. and have TO say in reply that ii is no, my
intention TO aldrcsss my follow citizens in Fam
euil Hall during this visit 10 Boston.
! have the honor to be very respectfully,
Your obedicnt servant,
DANIEL WEBSTER.
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five are indebted TO Hon. James
Alfred Pearce, i. S. S. for valuable
Public Document.
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LAND SALE.-The farm of the late
Benjamin Pcarce, three miles below
Elkton, containing 255 acres, was sold
on Tuesday last by D. D. Pearce, ESQ.,,
Trustee, for SIS, 150-about 800 per
acre: purchaser, Mr.. Benz. c. Pearce
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Notices..

The international Margarine for May is on our
table. 1t is very fine number, and contains
among other good wood engravingS likcnesses Of
Geo. W. Kendall and Geo. W. Dewey. The
reading matter is excellent and varied. Strngcr
& Townsend, New York, Publishers, 50 year.
The Ladies Hreath.-John S. Taylor, Pub
Usher, New York has sent us the April and May
numbers Of this chaste and handsome magazine.
Each number contains fine engraving. Terms,
s. year free Of postage.
Portrait Of lFasligton have received
from John ). Taylor, Publisher, New York, a
fine likeness of Washington; it is copy Of Stcu-
arts celebrate picture and for one dollar will
be sent free of postage 10 any part OF the coun-
try. Sec advertisement.
Patent p!qtiycs9es.-O ficnd, Geo Sturaes,
Esq, formerly county Commission cr Of this
county, is now having manufactured a very SUI
pericr article Of patent spring mattresses. said TO
be- the most comfortable bed now in use. They
are stated by those who have tried them TO be
far preferable 10 feather beds. See advertise
mcnt il another column.
- 'Nas-r-. D7wlrr & DAVENPORT, New
Icri., have sent Us TIE 'Jhc Pocket Companion
for NG:binisfs, Mcctaajcs and Engineers" by
Oliver Byrne. II il a valuable work oflhc kind,
PIP l44, price s.l,o0.
Tie american Farmer for May hos come
to hand, ami is filed as usual with valuable ag-
ricultulal reading.
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u Hon. Judge Chambers, Hon. j..
w. Chrisfeld, aud Samuel VI. MaEraw,
Esq, will please accept our thanks for
various speeches and proceedings Of the
MI, Convention.
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Pot Flouers.-When Leigh Hunt said, "h

Pot Flowers.--When Leigh Hunt said, chang
picture in your room," he should have added
sand place a flower in your Window We
think nothing SO conducive to the beauty and
noatness of a room as flowers. And they can
be had, too, with so little trouble and expense.
''Not alone in Springs armorial bearing,
And in Summers gteen-emblazoned Shield"
but al all times and seasons we can have them
blooming and beautifyng our chambers. In
sauntering along our streets, our attention is
arrested by the petitioners blooming in many OF
the windows; and though the inmate be unknown
to US, we set her down as lady of taste, and
one who will make home happy. For we want
no surer index TO the dwelling ola lovely and
true woman than pots Of flowers tasteiully ar
ranged in the windows.
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ELDER BRIGHAM YOUNG pledges his
honor that he has only ttce'.ty str tribes!
He is the saint upon whom fell the
mantle Of Joe Smith.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-05-03

0J-ELl CouLsoN Jr., has been ap-
pointed by the Postmaster General, post
master at Principle, Cecil Co., Md, in
place Of Oliver W. Lund, resigned.
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COLLECTORS SIZE.

The State and County taxes not having been
paid on the following lands, in the Fifth District
Of Cecil county for the years 1917 and 1913, viz:
On one hundred acres assessed to John II.
Alexander on which the taxes are due:
For the year 1917, County tax 1929
" g State do LIS
=" 1913 County do 200
" State do l.Is
together with the interest due thereon. And
On thirty six acres assessed TO Frederick Fos-
ter on which the taxes are due:
For the year ls47, County tax $l.o0
&C :. State do 81
" Is4S County do %
" State do ST
together with the interest due thereon:
And the proper legal public notice having
been given by advertisement to the owners or
claimants ofthe lands in question, by virtue of
the Acts of Assembly in such case made and pro-
viied, the subscriber, as collector for said Dis
lrict for the years stated, with his time extended,
hereby gives notice, that on MONDAY, the
Goth day of May inst. at the public House of
Mrs. Lum, in the village of North East, will
offer at Public Sa lie the lands aforesaid, such
parts orthem as will be required, for cash to pay
the aforesaid taxes, the interest due thereon,
together with all the proper and legal charges.
JOHN SHIPPERS,
MAY 8, 1851 4w Late Collector.
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TOLERANT. The late Governor Hill,
of New Hampshire, appears, by late
inventory of his personal property, to
have owned two pews in the Baptist
Church, three in the Episcopal, and
four in the Methodist. A singular in.
stance of liberality of religious opinion.
The Hon. D. S. Dickinson, late U. S.
Senator from New York, has been nom
mated by some of the Southern papers
for President
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THE WORLDS FAIR. A correspon.
dent of the New York Advertiser says,
it is amazing what arrangements are ma
king throughout all the world for a pill
grimage to this shrine of universal in
dustry. Every day brings new intelli-
gence of the crowds that hasten hither
There is probably not civilized ma
ton on the face of the earth which will
not, within the next 3 months, have its
representatives in London. Even half
civilized India, in the persons of princes
and mobiles of the East, has sent large
deputation, and almost any day at the
"palace' there may be pointed out, not
only Parsee merchants, but the nabob of
Nizam, the Rao Of Ouch, and the Rajah
of Travandor, the finest delegation Of
half Anglcized East Indians. it is said,
that ever visited Great Britain.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-05-03

The King Of Prussia has sent to Prof.
Morse magnificent gold snuff box, of
elaborate workmanship and design, en-
closing the Prussian gold medal for SCI
entitic merit. The medal has on the
face the medallion head ofthe King,
Frederick William the Nth, surrounded
by exquisitely executed emblems of re-
ligion, jurisprudence, medicine and arts;
on the reverse, Apollo, drawn by four
fiery steeds IN the chariot of the sun,
traverSing the zodiac; while from the
head ofthe god the,rays of lightare dart
ing abroad.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-05-03

UJ"WAsHlYGToH Price has been APP
pointed by the Governor, Lumber In
specto. at Port Deposit, in place of Sam
ucl c. Gale, resigned.
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.uST RECEIVED.

DALM LEAF HATS, Boots and Shoes, and
i large assortment of r E II ID p-M.a ID +
CLOTHING, embracing some superior Dress
coats, cashmerct Frocks, sc. Also stock OF
Fresh Groceries.
Apr 26 II. VANDEfFofD.
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Struck BY LlGHrNING.-The Method
list Church in Danville, Pa, was struck
by lighting on Sunday last, while the
congregation were at prayer. The elec-
trte fluid passed down the steeple into the
center of the church, instantly killing
Mrs. George Pensyl, and seriously inju-
ring eight others, IN different parts of
the church; the congregation at the time
were preparing for communion. The
steeple was torn to atoms and the pews
and flour rent into fragment.
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LIBERrAN AFFAIRs-COtfo3 CuItira.

LIBER1AN AFFAIRs--Cotfon Cultira-
taon SucceSstul.-Letters from Monro-
via TO the 18th of February are of an
interesting character. Among other
marks of improvement is the assurance
that Liberia will soon become large
exporter Of cotton. The success which
attends its cultivation is beyond the ex-
pectation gifts warmcst friends. A let
ter from the Hon. Fl. Teage, dated at
Monrovia, February 10Th, says:
"a large number of vessels are now
here, which causes more than usual com
petition in trade. The cotton business
will succeed. Capt. Shaw, the cotton
agent here, told me few days since,
that he expects to load his vessels with
cotton; so we have another start"
The Capt. Shaw mentioned in the
above extract is the person sent out
from England to try the experiment
whether cotton can be raised for expor-
tation. Mr.. Shaw, we believe, says the
New York Commercial, had not been in
Liberia one year when Mr.. Teage wrote;
yet he appears already to have arrived
at the opinion that he Will be enabled
TO send a cargo of cotton to Liverpool.
This is certainly another triumph for
the new republic.
The emigrants who lately went out
from N. York are doing well, near Bex-
ley, in the Bassa country, and impro-
wing their lands cheerfully. One of
them, Henry w. West, Whites that 1t is
destined TO be great place, and that he
is sorry to see such spirit deposition
among the colored people in the United
States in reference to coming there.
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CARoL1NA.--It
is we'll remarked by the Georgia Chron-
icle, that the last Census will present
many useful lessons, if they could be
calmly studied, to the people of South
Carolina, as to comparison between
that State and her southern neighbor
Georgia, with the same constitutions"
and under the same general government
is improving rapidly, her people pros
porous and happy, and her prospects
frightening daily. Why it is, that the
reverse should be seen in South Carroll
ma? Why should one state be a loyal
and discreet member Of the Union, and
the other a complaining, factious one {!
Does it not show that the State policy of
the one is good-that ofthe other, bad !
If the people Of South Carolina We're
wise, they would consider these things.
They need only look across their Dor.
dcrs to the condition of their neighbors
TO see how cruelty they are misled and
deceived, to their loss and injury, by the
politicians who have for so many years,
guided, their councils and directed their
actions.
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THE Posi- OFFICE ROBBERY AT PHILA-
DELpH1A.-The young post-office clerk,
Chas. M. Ottinger, after several days
examination at Philadelphia, for abstract
ing the Vicksburg mail of April 7, Gt
being found in his pocket,) was on Tues
day bound over for for trial at the May
term of the U. S. District Court, in
sum of $4,000. Bail was Immediately
entered. DR.. II. Swayne testified that
a letter to him in that mail contained a
draft for So, 1862, which by the discovery
he received.
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The CUBA ScTEmr.-The Savannah

The CUBA ScHEME.-The Savannah
correspondent of the Boston Courier,
writing under date of April 16, says that
"the Cuba movement was found to be a
little premature-arrangem not
being complete. That such project
Is on foot cannot be doubted. The
bonds Of the neac Government that is
'to be when Cuba is rerolutioni.ed haze
been selling here all uinter to raise
the needful funds, They have been
'takcn at ten cents on the doll ar, (rath-
Ger dear at that price, you may say.)
! suspect the report of the purchase OF
{ a steamboat is premature. The adj
'venturers are hard TO please, as they
'want one that will run well. The
Creole was little too slow, though
able TO get out of the way of her pur-
'suers. Some Of our citizens who pro-
TESS to be in the secret are sanguine
that there will be no mistake this time.
But see no better reasons for expect
ling success now than last year."
The Postmaster General has accept
ed Messrs. Toppan, Carpenter, Casalier
4 Co., ofPhiladeIphia, as contractors for
all the new postage stamps under the
law which will 60 into effect on the lst
July next. Those for the twelve-cent
rate are similar to the present ten-cent
stamps, with the full face eff Washing
ton thereon. The three-cent stamp
represents the bust of Washington in
profile, as it would appear upon med
al. The one-cent stamp is finely ex-
ecuted bust Of Franklin, in profile.
These will be found very convenient to
pay the postage on newspapers, or to
make small change. Probably fifty
millions of stamps will be required with
in year.
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Died.

On Tuesday last, JOHN s. MArrIT, Esq, IN
aged an respected citizen of this county, in his
18th year.
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THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT has
issued Its Treasury notes for four mil.
lions of dollars, in view Of the war with
Buenos AYres pro badly.
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Canes.--llavc you noticed, reader, how few
Of the men Of Elkton "suppCrt their dignity by
the aid Of caLe32 There are not five persons
perhaps net thrcc-in the whole town who use
them. No young man fourishes one, and there
is not one used for dress or show. Franklin
cnce said, ''when see a young man supporting
himself by cane, | take it for granted there is
weak spot about him somcwhere-say in his
head, if you please" Judged fly this test,
our young men are very sensible fellows.
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MASSACHUSETTS CoNGREss1oNALEL
TIoNs.-The 26th of May.has been fixed
upon for renewed trials to elect repre-
sentatives to Congress in the I'd, 4th and
7th districts of Massachusetts. AS these
will be the second trials under the new
law, a plurality vote will of course de-
eide the elections.
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FOR SALE.

A light one-horse carriage. 1t will be sold
cheap. Apply to
Apr 26 A. MCINTYRE.
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In Hartford county Court,

Wesley and wife, }
vs. In Hartford county Court,
Fulton and others. as Court of Equity.
nRDERED, this 25th day of April 1851, that
Ithe sale made and reported by Henry w.
Archer, Trustee in the above entitled cause, be
ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the con-
tray be shown on or before the 9th day of May:
provided a copy of this order be published in
some newspaper printed in Hartford county, once
in each Of three successive weeks before the said
Oath day of May.
The Report states the amount Of sales to he
Sl4G5. Test. HARRY y. COUGH. elk
May 3, 81 81 of Hartford county Court.
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The Plague of Bad Buher.-We are not a
believer in miracles, or we should say at once
Elkton had been guilty Of some great moral
turpiiude, for which she was being inflicted with
plague. Not of frogs Or locusts, or any of
Egypt's ten-but far worsc-the plague Of bad
butter. For the last six months we have been
wondering who makes it all, and have come TO
the conclusion il isn't made at ALL We once
knew q lady who said ''shc could make butter
with her eyes Shut And we ssrather guess
some of the ''rng-strcaked, spcckled, and spot
ted'' stuff, which is sold in Elliton for butter, is
made with ''eyes shut" 1t is calculated to
keep in the hottest weather, for il is decidedly
"hard," and we advise the corporation to pro-
cure few pounds and send TO Barnum or the
Worlds Fair. Still, though it is so generally
bad there are ''honorablc exceptions" and some
Of the neighbcring families furnish an article of
superior quality.
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VN.ABLE COTERS.-A large assortment OF
Il cotton and wooden table covers, lust rece'd
and for sale cheap, by +. Bfo" ~, IT.
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THE CUBA EXPEDITION PROBABLY
SA1IED.-The Newark Advertiser has
received private intelligence from Jack
sonville, Florida, that company ofdes-
peradoes have been making preparations
at that place, for the contemplated at
tack upon the Island of Cuba, and that
steamer was expected there on the
night of the 25th to take them off. The
writer says:
81 expect to see steamer lull OF them
this evening. | have seen their arms
and stores, and shall sit up all night, il
necessary, to see them Off 1t is des-
perare game, at which none but desper.
ate men will play"
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THE WELsnMEN of New York city,
and the descendants of Welshmen, have
had meeting to devise the ways and
means Of contributing a stone to the
Washington monument.
Among the passengers by the Prone.
theus on Monday afternoon, was Gen. Gi.
ribalii, the distinguished Italian patriot.
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TUATS.-Latest style Silk Hats, OF various
Il INEQUALITIES, just received and ior sa,e by
anr 10 VIM. TORBERT.
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c.TRAW MATTTNG.-Redc check and plain
Sstraw mating, for .ale by L. BROWN, Jr.
The republic., 1851-04-11

"RRMoyAL OF Mn. WALsH.--Mr Walsh having
been removed from the post of Consul at Paris, il
has been supposed by some that the change was
made in consequence Of his being Catholic. For
our part we never, for moment, believed that
either Mr. Webster or Mr.. Fillmore could have been
actuated by a motive SO unworthy and 30 culpable.
But for the sake Of those who may have been led to
believe otherwise we pleased TO find the report
contradicted by authority. The Washington Re
public, the organ Of the Administration, gives it the
following unequivocal denial
"sNow, unhesitaAingly aver that this charge
is without the slighest foundation in fact and that
when Mr.. Goodrich was appointed to succeed Mr..
Walsh, the President was entirely uninformed as
to what was the religious faith of Mr.. Walsh
"H is our firm conviction that the present Ad-
mnistration is sincerely desrous to act fairly and
justly towards the different clnsses of our citizens
having regard in the appointments which it makes
only to the ability and integrity of the persons Sc
lected. And If, as some allege, appearances arc
against this opinion, it il to be considered, thus
far purely the result ofaccdent and not Of design" I"
[Catholic Herald.
We have only to remark on the above,
which Is characterized by a commendable spirit
of fairness, that Mr.. WALSH was not "re-
moved,' in the strict sense of that term; he re-
signed, and his resignation was accepted
The republic., 1851-04-11

The WIG Party AND THE CoUNrRy.-On the
22d of February, while at New York. Mr. Foote
was called upon to make speech. He consented,
as is well known, and during his remarks gave
the following candid testimony in favor of the pat
riotism Of the Wing party:
Much depended upon the action of the Whig
party; for the disunion feeling is moro prevalent
among the Democrats, mised by certain leading
Politicians and corrupt editors, than among the
Wings"
The excellent article from the Greenville Is. c.
Patriot, which publish in another column,
bears evidence to the same truth.
The course of the Locofoco press in North Caro-
lima just now, and. indeed during the entire agita-
tion Of the slavery question, is inconestible proof
of the fact.
We do not mean to claim for the Wing party
any more merit than award to our opponents
for having contributed to the settlement OF our
happy sectional difficulties. Patriot men, of both
ried them before the altar of the Union. Neither
have any disposition to assert that the masses of
the Democratic party not thoroughly imbued
with love for the Union, and an ardent desire and
determination that il shall be preserved. What we
do say is ths-and beg the attention of the hon.
est and fair minded to the fact-that while, Mr..
Foote confcsses. Z" leading politicians and corrupt
editors in the Locofoco party. while nearly all Of
these characters in North Carolina are engaged in
fostering the spirit of discomfort, counselng hos
tility to the Compromise, and operating to break
up and dissolve this glorious Union, the members
Of the Administration, and the Vhig party of North
Carolina, and Of the country, with few exceptions.
have oxcrtcd and are now exerting themselves
boldly and sincerely to maintain that settlement
invioiate and save the Republic. Raleigh Registsr.
The republic., 1851-04-11
WASHING GTON:
FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL II. 1861.

,,rh..sries of measures TO which have alluded
are regarded by me as a settlement, In principle
and snbstance-a final settlement--of the danger
Gus and exciting subjects which they embraced"
.,Bv that adjustment we have been rescued from
the wide and boundlcss agitation that surrounded
us, and have firm, distinct, and legal ground
TO rest upon. And the occasion, trust, will JUS
tify me IN RxHoRrING MY cousTRyMEN TO RALLY
UPON AND MAIsrAIS THAT GROUND as the best, ii
not the only means, Of restoring peace and quiet
to the country, and maintaining inviolate the IN
tegrity Of the Union.''
IPRrsrDrsT FILLmoRE's MESSAGE.
ssThe Presidents message, at the opening OF the
present session of Congress, expresses fully and
plainly his own and the unanimous opinion OF all
those associated with him in the Executive admin
istration Of the Government, in regard to what
are called the Adjustment or Compromise mea-
sures of last session. That opinion is, that those
measures should be regarded in principle al
final settlement Of the dangerous and exciting
subjects which they embrace; that though they
were not free from imperfections, yet, in thei
mutual dependence and connection, they formed
a system of compromise the most conciliatory
and best for the entire country that could be OBJ
tanned from conflicting sectional interest ant
opinions, and that therefore they should be ad
hered to, until time and experience should de
monstrate the necessity of further legislation L
guard against evasion abuse. That opinion, o
far as know, remains entirely unchanged, ant
8 will be acted upon steadily and decisively. Tb'
peace of the country requires this; the security
the Constitution requires this; and every conside
ration of the public good demands this. If thu
Administration cannot stand upon the principles
Of the message it does not expect to stand at ALL
[DANrEL WxBsrER's Letter TO the Union Meeting
at Westchesfer.
The republic., 1851-04-11
BAlrn.oRr AND OHuo RAnaoAp.
Ss42, ,6sl 40 assO. 80, Is

This shows increase of 835,l20 79 in the last
six months, which il tho first half of the company 3
year. and 10 Mt the rate Of $76,24l So increase for
the year, hich, added to the previous years re-
ceipts 81 .3t3, ,S05 u. will make the total
for the year amount TO s. .420.046 Sc.
dividend Of four per cent. for the last six
months, payable and after the 18th instant, has
been declared on the Washington branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Na'hah Tyson, esq, was, on the 9Th instant,
elected director on the part of the stoc khoders in
place OF Mr. Donnell resigned