The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-05-01

tl"li Oh several Di!lS OF private IT lei Is
the only business they have finished
thus week. There has been considera-
Bile discussion on the Homestead Bill
and the amendment to the Deficiency
Bill in aid of the Collins Line. A Pc
titlon in favor ofthc Homestead Bill
fifty two feet long has been received.
The House of Representatives have
consumed the week in discussions upon
various measures which frequently took
political turn.
A number of Local Bills have been
disposed of in the Legislature this
week. A great number of petitions
from different counties, Cecil amony
them, IN favor OF repeating the license
laws, have been presented. i Bill pro-
V'd'ng for the sale of potatoes at So and
apples at 40lbs. per b;ishcl has passed
the house. In the Senate a bill to pro.
vide counsel for Thomas NcCrearv has
been laid on the table. A bill in favor
OF Passmor' Mccullough has been made
the order of the day for "Wednesday
next. The committee have reported
IN favor of granting the P. W. s. b. r.
H. Co., the privilege of buildnga bridge
across the :''l>quehanna. ! bill to re.
duce the State tax ; per cent and to re-
PEA the stamp tax has been reported in
the Senate.
lhIs last seems to be pet measure
with Gov. Lowe, and with all his skill in
hobby riding, acquired in the Guberna-
toI'ai campaign, he is to make a Pegasus
oi HE AEDucrIoN or TIE IA..as and
mount upon it to some Parnass,an-or
perhaps Senatorial height which his
c|ass,t imagination has fitted up. AZ
ter being headed off by Mr.. Grason,
whom he could not ca jole into the sup
port of his ambitions schemes, he selects
Mr.. hunkel, as his tool. The action of Mr.,
kunkcl proves that Gov. Low, is deter
mined to push his plans in spite of eve
~ opposition, and saddle us with taxes
lar, perhaps forty years, that he may re-
pay Baltimore city for the services she
rrndered him at the last Gubernatorial
election, and secure her support on lu-
ture occasion. We shall see what will
be the end Of it.
The Legislature has passed the bill
to continue the appropriation to the
Colonization Society for The next ten
years.
ProTEsT,-We mention, as a matter
OF news altogether, that ten soulhcr.
wings have protested publicly against
the proceedings OF the Wing Congress
sional caucus. This is not the first
time that southern men have delegated
to themselves the right to speak for their
constituents, without, as the event will
prove in this as in former instances, ei.
Their knowing Or caring what were their
opinions,
EXCHANGES. The Delaware Journal
Is out in Il new dress. 1t is an ABLY
edited paper and we wish 1t increased
success.
We have missed the Snow Hill Shield
for three weeks past. We cannot con.
sent to 6 i've up one of our best Eastern
Shore exchanges.
ADvERTlsEMENTs.-A large number
of Philadelphia, Baltimore and viii.
mlngton advertisements will be found
in our paper. VIM Thomson is Our
agent in Baltimore. The extensive cir
culation of Tile Wig renders it a first
rate advertising medium.
u-Ih Poet Moore kept journal
with singular regularity during many
years OF his Understanding, indeed, from
a very ear y period up to the beginning
OF his fatal illness. 1t occupies three vol
nmes Of closely written MS, and was all +
ways intended by the poet for publca-
ton II Will, we are told, he prepared for
the press by Mrs. Moore