The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-07

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ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. 9th, 1852
Bea Fhjg:-The weather, to-day, is en-
cccdlngly warm, so much so as to induce the
suspension of mental, as well as physical exer-
ciSt, where comfort is conSulled yet, as have
so long abS"nted myself from your locality,
am willing TO suI,"ct me to some inconvenience
10 eNncc the feeling OF affection still cherish
f"E You. II w@uii be pleasure to pay YOU Il
w""aly rISi'. but circumstances can not always
BE- controlled To Snbservc our purposes.
observed Il notice n short time since that
our Oil ti''sn the ..Barl of Oak Drll.'' had
passed from the gcn'c stream of Cclrbacy into
the broad occnn of Matrmony. MAY that sea
IT, him be eyer calm; its surface smooth and un-
Iu.iIrl:
Nav Joys his lite-hark e'er begin,
Aud iraccn-lipht nr'er pale.
May kindly Fortune hold the helm,
And f;,"a>urc ill the sail
iruS, ke,p.i' not consider marrimonv SUI
fci"ni 'Ho'ivr't"r the quiescence of his organ
OF deaIily bat exercise il tor the origin ofthose
beautiful clIusioA5 Of which he is capable.
The ton gues . politicians are waggns indus
tlo,Sly in our midst,
''Erom IHrrn till dcwy cvc;''
nor dothcy stop ill bound by dreams. Wings
say their .'tus;' viii make Locoloco ..fealhcrS"
fly: aud LccGS "oW lie victory will be theirs;
AMI so they Keep ~ T. cross fire with small shot.
Bu1 when the Glg rails roll from the ballot huX,
In",hirh> the political plains will be srcwrd
with dead and dyln2 democrats. There will be
a terrible falling Of the stals from the horizon
OF their anticipation.
"Alas, poor Yorirli knew him wellr'
The friends oiTrmperauce held a meeting,
last evening, at Liberty Hall and appointed
delegates 10 the convention, which is TO assem-
bl" NJ Slauuton, to devise some plan BY which
tn" ljGnDr traffic may b";looliShed in the State
q! Virginia. TINS is n aulablc cutcrprise and
should elicit the sympathy q every goorl citizen.
II men will not take care Of themselves and
voluntarily abstain from those things which
con lac" to their destruction, they should be in
'dnrr' by lega! chaciH'rm. deem this desde-
Tninnator til" safety Of society, and inliSpensn-
bic io the dmnuIion of crime. Rev. j. y.
Dnniorh. Rev. A. Debroll, md others. are in
dri;.ii2abiy Jealous in the cause. MAY their
"w',hcs, forged IN philanihl opc thought, be
servants 10 them"
The health OF our community is now very
much improved; d'ring some days past, that
dl"caS" peculiar Ia summer. has prevailed to a
malignanry, causing quite number of deaths,
ORIGINATING as usual from impruIence in diet
How Iamentable, that men will follow their ap-
pclites into the very den of Death!
Our enlerprlSng fellow citizens are constant
ly multiplying the sources OF enjoyment among
us; regular lines OF omnbuScs run stately to
the different points ollnlerest in the town and
country; while steamboats, ply between the
prominent points on the Potomac. As one has
remarked. the fame of Alexandria will not soon
be ''ron+Igned to pickle-b barrel" if the signs
OF The tunes are a anSplcious as they seem.
The crops throughout this section are re-
markhhly fine, promising yield OF unusual
average; recent rains have rendered them high
ly nxnrianl.
What has become Of your very popular poet
zeal contributor Ellen Grey! We have long
missed the eight Of her countenance' from your
columns. Will she not crafty her many adj
mIreSs with more Of her beautiful efiasions?
trust 50. Yours. BEN. BLooMER.