The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-01-03

deprecated since he left 1t:
"RETR ocEssIoN.--The people OF
Georgetown, District of Columbia, fol
lowing the example OF the people of Al
eXandria, who have secured the retro
cession of that city to Virginia, were tc
have public meeting on the Goth inst
to take into consideration the retroces
sion of Georgetown to Maryland. We
: are little surprised at this. Alexan
dria was separated from the rest of the
District by the Potomac, and it was nat.
urai that her citizens should desire tc
get back where they belonged. But
Georgetown has become a suburb OF
Washington, and bye-and-bye she may
hope to get associated with the Federal
City, and have share of the large sums
which are wheedlcd ont Of the govern
ment every year. Then one might sup
pose that Maryland would be reluctant
to receive a city whose streets afford
rich raSturage during the warm wealth
er, and whose inhabitants are princiral.
~ the --LATEST Kind of negroes But the
State contains many towns Of that Kind
now, and one more could do her no
! harm. Georgetown would b. more
lively place than Eikton, any ho~
even ifthcy Were to turn it INTO Il ccla-
etery."
The Buffalo Editor, living in a city
which has been built up, rather by the
munifcence of the State than by midi
vidual enterprise; which has lad the
benefit of large sum "wheedled" out
of the General Government, and lives
in the expectancy of "wheedlng" out
more, can, no doubt, appreciate the pros
pective condition he figures up for
Georgetown, when it shall become a
suburb of " ashington. We have been
in Buffalo and remember it is a great
| place; and we have another memory
OF it:-in the few hours we were there,
we saw one Of "the LATEST kind of ne
groes, "-at least, one of the meanest,
est, drtiest looking-cursing and brow
beating white citizen, who, afraid of
the black rascal, stood and bore it pa
tiently.
BY way OF information to the western
gentleman referred to, we mention, that
our town has grown rapidly within the
last few years; that many beautiful resi-
dences have been put up-some ofthem
costing six to eight thousand dollars;
and that the value of property may be
inferred from the fact, that the last farm
sold at public sale in the ncighborhood,
brought one hundred and twenty tw o
dollars per acre.
BOHEMIA MANoR.-We find in the
Wilmington papers the following arti-
Gle in regard to Bohemia Manor, which
lies partly in this county and partly in
Delaware:
ain the year 1892, we believe Col.
Augustine Herman of Bohemia, now
part of the Austrian Empire, emierated
to Maryland, and obtained a grant of
what is now called Bohemia Manor
from Lord Baltimore. He named it
from Bohemia, the place from which he
emigrated. As population increased.
himself and descendants sold and leased
out the Manor which is now divided
into so many farms; but the whole was
originally granted 10 and possessed by
Col. Augustine Herman. COL Herman
had also large possessions in New York,
and going 10 look after the same during
his residenc" on the Manor, he found a
large body OF squatters on it, who placed
the Colonel in prison and threatened his
life for daring to lay claim to his own.
lie however escaped on an excellent
horse with which he swan the Della.
ware river near New Castle: his faithful
Steed died as soon as he reached the
shore. He is buried on the Manor.
The only lineal descendants Of COL
Herman are the OIdhams, who r sid. in
the village Of Christiana. Cant. Old
ham, who fought in most Of Tie battles
OF the revolution, and was mon. hcr o.
the society ofCimcjnnatus OF wllca C'eo.
| Washington was president, was the
grandfather Of Mr.. Charles II. Oldham,
and the rest of the family at the above
mentioned village; married the only
grand daughter of Col. Herman. Col.
Herman is buried on the Manor, and his
grave can yet be seen, also we believe
that of the steed, which so nobIy car
rled his master in safety across the Del
aware"
The nearest descendant of Col. Her.
man is George W. Oldham, Esq, of
Elkton. We have often seen in his
house portrait ofHerman and of the