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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-28

Mr.. Eduor:-lt gives me pleasure to
inform you that the march of improve
ment is still onward in our town. Sew
eral new houses are about being com
menced. Messrs. j. S. Cuttings and r.
Taylor, of Baltimore, have just torn
down frame building, and have com
menced the erection in its stead, of a
substantial stone building, 40 feet square,
three stories high. The former build
ing was used as drinking and oyster
house; whether the new is to be appro-
priated to the same interesting business,
| know not; but from the indications OF
the past week or two, it would appear
that such houses will be in demand.
The building itself will add much to the
appearance of "Aristocracy Square"
have also just learned that another
of our enterprising citizens, Mr.. A. Kidd
has purchased or leased the adjoining lot
to the above, and intends, forthwith,
commencing the erection ola fine build
ing thereon for the purpose of a store and
dwelling house. have not learned as
vet of what material it is to be built
but the presumption is it will be of brick,
We are suffering much from the want
of buildings TO be occupied as tenant
houses. They are in great demand al
/ this time and would rent well. 1t Woulc
! be OF great service to our town, If oul
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-28
Working Men, Take Notice.

In the Baltimore Sun of the 18th
inst, we find the following item of news:
"The Clarion county Pa.) Register adver-
tises seven columns of sheriff sales. Among
the properties to be sold under the hammer will
be nine iron furnaces, with furnace property,
making in all about twcnty-three furnaces sold
in that county by the sheriff within u year.
Nearly all of the rest Of the property to be sold
at sheritlSs SALE consists OF grst mills, saw mills
and lullng and other mills.''
Mark the destruction in a single coun.
ty, caused by the present locofoco tariff.
7wenty-three furnaces sold out in a year
anG a thousand hands, or probably more,
thereby thrown out OF employment.
How long shall these things be! Re-
member it was different under the whig
tariff Of 1912, which the locofocos re-
pealed. And what is the locotoco Con-
gress now doing. "Observer" of the
Philadelphia Ledger, writes IN that pa
per of Tuesday as follows:
''I' cannot be denied that large majority OF
the. Democratic members of both Houses is most
decidedly opposed to any alteration OF the tariff
Mr.. Ross, of Pennsylvania, one of the ablrst
members in the House, and certainly one olthe
ab!csl members from the Keystone State, made.
the other day. very able speech against any
modification Of the duty on iron, and although
his speech might, no doubt, be answered, there
does not seem TO be any gentleman from his own
State willing or able to argue the question"
Take notice, reader, that is locoioco
testimony in reference to the members
of that party in Congress.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-28

BEWARE OF CoUNTERFElTs Our
readers, says the Harrisburg Journal,
cannot be too much upon their guard
against the hosts of counterfeits notes in
circulation, especially those of the re.
lief issues. The tuos on the Harrisburg
Bank; the tcos on the Farmers Bank
of Lancaster, are first-rate limitations,
and when little worn. they require
the best Judge to detect the cheat. The
tros and fires, also, on the Bank of
Middletown--all Reliet-are good imi-
tat!ons, and must be scanned closely.
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CIR EAT BARGAINS

TO BE HAD AT VIM. TORBERT'S who
is selling oil his stock Of Summer Goods greatly
below their real value; the stock that he offers
50 extremely low is composed OF Baregc de
LANES, Barege:, Prints Laws, Cotton Jtans,
Ganboons. &c. Persons who want to buy
themselves rich would do well by calling as he
is determined to close out his stock al prices TO
suit the purchaser. Don't forget To call, you that
want twice the worth of your money. Iaug %.
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Jomn ann Corntp.

DYsENTERY This disease is very pre-
valent and has in many cases proved fa-
tai IN the northern corner Of this coun-
try. Elkton, however, remains as heal
thy as usual in the summer season.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-28

FINE FIsH.-Fine white perch and pike
abound in the Elk river now, and crabs
are daily caught in large quantities.
Great heaps of sturgeon too. are often
pulled ashore and wagon loads sent in
the country.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-28

New PosTMAsTER.-Our late colleague
Mr.. VIM. ]. Jones, has been appointed
postmaster for this town. He is fully
competent and worthy, and the appoint.
ment is good one and gives general
satisfaction.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-28
Correspondence Of The CecH Wig.
Sunday School Celebration.
NEWARK, Aug. 23rd 1852.

Mr.. Editor: The jackson Union Sun
day School held its celebration on Sat
urday last in Mr.. Croe's woods near Tur-
key town. The Rock and Harmony
Schools were also present and partici-
pated ia the exercises. All of these
shoots were numerouslv represented, and
with the parents and friends of the chill
dren, constituted large assembly.
When the schools marched into the grove
in which the stage had been erected,
they We're preceded by three boys hav-
ing very beautiful banner which had
been prepared for the occasion by some
of tn" ladies of the neighbor hood.
Short but instructive and interesting
addresses were delivered by Pres't Gra-
ham, Reyds Messrs Townsend and
Thomas of Newark, Rev. Mr.. Dewitt of
the Rock, and kev. Thomas Bell of Va,
Aiter the intellectual feast had been at
tended to, all were invited forward to a
well spread table and as far as we were
able to judge from ocular demonstration
a gcneral good appetite prevailed; but
there was enough and to spare"
"When next they celebrate their day
May we be there to eat"
The afternoon was devoted to fun and
friendship, and the swing and jumping
rope engaged the attention of the young
er tribe. Wesaw several groups of teach
ers in diff erent parts of the grove en- JOY
ing themselve delightfully."-; so it seems 10
those looking on. Towards evening the
assembly gradually dispersed.
/ 1t delights us TO attend such celebra.
tons. Here We're ministers and teach
ers OF different denominations and pros.
porous schools from neiGhborng district;
collected in the spacious vaulted roofed
temple to enjoy their festivities together
Such things are calculated to break
down sectarian barriers and unite Chris
tians together. ALIQU1s.
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FRf,SIg BEEF.

TIE Subscriber has 800 FINE BEEVES, and
l. will furnish farmers and all others who may
want fresh beef, with first rate article, by the
quarter or hundred Il, s. to So per 100 lbs.
Aug % If RUDuLPH BENNETT.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-28

"A Se1son of FyuH.-A few drives about our
county satisfies us that fruit abounds this year,
almost beyond precedent. in our good county Of
Cecil. We noticed when the cherries were
ripe, that the trees were literally bowed down
with the abundance ofthrm. They have passed
we have various other varieties 10 supply their
places. The luscious peach is in its full tide of
ripcncSs and the orchards are t"cming with them,
the pear bouyhs arc weighed low with yellow
fruit,
s'And like living Goals the apples
Burn among the whitening l,avcS,'
Of the earlier trees, and later kinds, white,
golden and green on every side abound. The
wild trees in the wood-side, the thorny bush in
the ient a-row, the dark old orchards and those
just lately planted, all are loaded heavily.
And the cider mills, where are they? we
scarcely saw one. They have mostly gone down.
do with this!
Plant tree or two neighbour Just few, ap-
pies, pears, plums, peaches, cherries-all OF
choice kinds, tend them well, and they will give
You shade and pleasant fruits.
n Mnyhi-Our good friend Giles who whiIom
so faithfully carried the mails between the pos,
Office and the cars, sometime ago, as our town
readers know, left the service Of Uncle Sam IL
make living on his 0wn ho0k. Quitting the
''pursuil OF happiness" upon the land, on Which
! it is his misfortune to ambuatc with crab.
like motion, he now goes Grabbing down to the
river, and many a clawlng cancer and gliuerng
/ perch attests that 'his own hook" is no poor
resort for a livelihood at last. 'Tother day
while quietly nodding in his boat, a shoal o
alirighled sturgeon rushed past him, and follow
ing them he saw huge shark in quick pnr
suit, splitting the waters surface with his dor
sal lin and plungins with fearful swf1ncss TOWARD
his boat. That was more than Giles had bar
gained Tor; so, fright selling him he seized hi
oars, and by Il few vigorous pulls landed himsel
high and dry upon the beach. Thanks TO Thu
stars, for Billy remains to supply us with crab
and perch, and to tell to his children his terri
bic adventure with harh.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-28

LARGE ToMATo.-Master J. c. Groome
left at our office few days ago, we'll
shaped ripe tomato, weighing pound.
1t was raised in the garden of Col.
Groome.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-28

The SoUTH.-A counts from the South
show that the Wings there who were led
to oppose Gen. Scott, are returning
again to their senses and to the ranks of
their party. 1t was sad specimen of
Stiffness on their part to believe Scott
was an Aboltonst. The same tale was
spread over the whole South against Gen.
Harrison in 1910, but there was a ter
rbIe reaction in his favor. So it is at
the present particully since those
abolition speeches Of Pierce have been
found out. The reaction in favor OF
Scott at the South will yet be tremend-
GUS.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-28

ACCIDENT TO THE LADY WlLMER.-
This fine propeller lost her rudder on
Monday night last by having it caught
in the gate of one of the locks of the
canal She was flowed to Philadelphia
to have it replaced,
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U+our Representative in Congress
has mad" some long and able speeches
this week, OIL the subject Of the tariff and
the light housr question We shall no.
tlce them further hereafter.
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ApPLEs.-The crops of apples in this
county this year is about equal TO the
utmost producing ability of the orchards.
Every tree, by the road side, in the
bramble wild, or under the best cultiva-
ton, seems literally borne down with
fruit.
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LOCOFOCO TESTIMONY.

Out of their own mouths, &c. The
Pennsylvania is probably the bitterest
paper in the country in denunciation of
Gen. Scott. 1t not only makes the gen.
era charge of unftness, but charges him
with cowardice, imbecility, &c. A few
wears ago, when he was not candidate,
1t spoke Of him in far different terms.
The following are extracts from ITS col
umnS:
ScoTr's GREAT MERIT.
"But We cannot deny abundant and dstin-
gulshed merit to Gen. Scott. We cannot close
our eyes to his unsurpassed march upon the i'm
pregnahle forresses and Businesses of Mexico,
nor refuse 10 accord to him the tribute that is
eXlored EVEN FROM HIS FOES"
Pennsylranian, May Is, lS47.
GEN. ScoTT's ABILITY AND ELoQUENcE.
eve print this morning, the conclusion the
despatch, contained in the Union of Saturday
evening, from The gallant Scott and his brave
Generals. They are ably and eoquently writ
ten, and bring the stirring story down to the
battles Of Contreras and Churubusco.
Pennsylranian, Nor. l6, 1S47.
ADMIRATION OF ScoTT's WRrTGNG.
eve cannot withhold the expression of our
adniIation at the manner in which Gen. Scott
writes. He does not, it is true, employ the
same severe and simple, yet nervous Saxon OF
Taylor, vet he possesses fine powers OF descrip.
tion, and all the accuracy of detail so important
IN such papels.' sylranian, Nor. II, al
SCoTT ONE OF THE GREATEST HEROES.
cot all the Heroes, living or dead, General
Scott is among the first in point of military judg
ment and resources, and distinguished courage
II he had not fought and led our forces in the
present war, he might have reposed confdcnii,
upon III" laurelS which he achieved in the pasf
Postcrty would not have failed TO recognize il
him the same great qualities which it will nov
rejoice 10 notice and to applaud in his later ant
more brilliant performances
Pennsyiranian, .4pril7, 1913.
Such was the Pennsylvanian's test
mony when it had no motive for defam
ing Gen. Scott Let it be held to it
Next week we shall give from its col
umns further and more laudatory ex
tracts.
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NEAR PORT DEPOSIT.

NEAR FOX | DEPOSll.
Eminent advocates OF Tie case will address
the meeting. A Band Of Music will be in at
tendance aud no effort will be spared to give
interest to the occasion.
1t H. expected that there will be an Excursion
from Baltimore Of mrmhers of the Order, at
tended with music; also that several Divisions
from Hartford county will unite with us.
The several Divisions are requested {" APP
point marShalS and meet AT the Hall of Susluc-
hanna Division al 10 O'Clock. The Procession
will then form and after marching through the
town will proceed to the grove. Ample plo-
vision will be made for '.man and beast"
t. Come one! come all!
EDWIN WILMER, oiSuS1uchanna Div.
}. Il. WAY, Of Ocioraro g
WIN. DENNISON, ofPrincipio 's
A. b. OWENS, OF Rose Bank s.
J. j. MCCULLOUGH OF North East &c
Aug % COM. Of .lrrHmS ements.
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GrA mammoth's skeleton was lately
dug out at Sharpsbufg, Bath county, KY
One tooth is l6 inches long and four
wide.
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MYSTERIOUS DISTURBANCES
wife of Charles Cornish, who was com
mitted to the Elkton Jail on the 18th of
June last, where he still remains, for
shooting and dangerously wounding a
man named Humes, has not been heard
of since about two weeks previous to his
imprisonment. Rumor states that about
the time OF her disappearance Cornish
swore he would kill her-that she was
directly missing, and her friends have
heard nothing of her since.
The New Observation-Disclosures
Miller, Hanes, and Little, the Assessors
under the new act "for the general val.
uation and assessment of the property
of the State" appointed for this county
are busy in the prosecution of their la
bors. 1t is supposed the old valuation
will be increased one third, under the
! new assessment.
The people of the county labor unde,
great disadvantage in not having seer
the law, which certainly should have
been advertised under somebody's direc
ton. We hear of no copies of it in tn,
county, except those in possession of thu
Assessors.
We have had glance at the law ane
remembering following particulars. Thu
Assessors shave power and authority t.
require the owners, possessors or claim
ants of lands, to furnish their location
and the number of acres" under oath O
affirmation; to require the owner o
manager of slaves to supply correct lis
of them, stating their ages; TO require al
persons to give a correct account 0
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LIGHTNING RoDs.-Great numbers of
these have been put up over this county
the present season. In the village of
Cherry Hill half the houses seem to be
guarded BY them. They are Gatcheps
improved rods, and put up by his agents.
The most exposed building we know of
is the Court House in Elkton, and we
think the Commissioners should have
rods attached to it,
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Correspondence Of Tie Cecil Wig.
Letter from Port Deposit.

Fine Improrements-Want Of Tenant
HouseS-.4 Hint to Capitalists-
Camp .Neeting-Wet Weathcr, sc.
PoRr DEPOSIT, Aug. 26, 80.
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New STEAMBoAT.-R. H. Thomas,
Esq, is having a new steamboat built at
Port Herman, near Chesapeake City, in
this county. 1t is SO feet long, q feet
beam--is calculated to run through
the locks of the Chesapeake and Della
ware canal, is nearly completed, and
is intended to run between the cities
and towns of Cecil and Baltimore and
Philadelphia.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-28

PorAroEs. The scarcity and high
price of potatoes last spring induced the
farmers in this section to plant a much
greater quantity than usual, and the sea-
son having proved remarkably favora-
BILE to their growth, very large crop is
expected.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-28

TEMPERANCE Mass MEETING.-There
is to be a mass meeting of the Sons Of
Temperance at Port Deposit, on Satur-
day, the 4th Of September. Many Dl-
visions are expected from Baltimore
and elsewhere, and great preparations
are being made.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-28

TALL CosN.-The Frederick papers
are Dragging over stalk of corn - feet
6 inches high as being the highest Of the
season. Mr.. j. II. Wells of this town
has pulled one which measured Is feet
5 inches in height and has more of the
ssame sort left"
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Correspondence Of The Cecil Wing.
Letter from Washington.

Tie difficulty between Polk and Cullom-
THE U. S. .Assenal; its ordnance and
ats Jeauties-PolitiCal .News.
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Personal PROPERTY.

Two horses, two cows, new two-horse
wagon, ii horse cart and gears, aud n variety o
HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE
Terms made known on the day OF sale.
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VALUABLE HOUSES
IN PORT DEPOSIT, FOR SALE

THE undersigned will sell at Public Sale on
the premises, near the Methodist Church in the
town of Pmt Deposit, on
Saturdnu the 2nd Of October,
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al 2 O'Clock, j. NJ. the following property,
One DOUBLE HOUSE, thirty Ew1
three feet lcng and sixteen feet go - E
deep, calculated for two families; 49, IL;
it is three stories high--the base esS5aFe..sa.
mcnl heinz of stone.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-08-28

PRESERVING KETTLES.-Just received a
L lot of Porcelain lined and Brass Preserving
Kettles, for sale cheap, by VIM. TORBERT
CHEETINGS.--Atl and New Market
- Shcc,ings, Tor sale very low, by
Aug II VIM. TORBERT.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-04-17

took but breath of the great MaPyar's elo-
qucnce, to kinde into blaze the expiring
fires of freedom in the American healt.-
But it is only q flame of shuvngs and will
soon be eXtinguished
o, the inconsistency, the shameless hy-
pocricy, of the American people. Truly
"thcy build the tonlbs of the prophets, and
gornish the sepulchrcs of the righteous y
but the living prophets and wise men they
scourge, and cruelty, aud persecutc from
city 10 city.
Kossnth comes TO us with sweet words OF
nattery upon his lips. lie secs nothing to
condem in our institutions, but muclr to
praise and he is exalted to the skies. Car
rison acting the part Of a true and disinteres-
ted friend, tells us of our faults and warns us
Of the consequences, and he isanahematzcd
and price set upon his head. So much
for American consistency and American
honesty. c. l.. NJ.
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From the Southern Press.
Massachusetts, and The Fugitive Slave Law

We called attention some time since 10
the renewed efforts made in the legislature
of this !: loyal" commonwealth, TO obtain u
formal reputation Of the fugitive slave law,
and TO make "a linalty" even OF that pllall-
tom three. Our nmiablc contemporaries OF
the partisan press mere, do not condesccnd 10
notice their movements, because both par
ties tlere are equally stained with Abolition
ism. So far MS they ure concerned, the
Southern people are kept in blisslul uncon-
seriousness of all these enthusiastic proceed
lngs at the North, where no party capital can
he made out of it, Nay more, they have the
unblushlng cfironterY occasionally TO twit
us with desiring 10 keep up "0gitation," " be-
cause we will not suppress the truth, aud 90
on in bullying the South into fatal security.
The significance of such facts, as the obsii-
nate refusal of the Massachusetts legislature
TO acquless even IN the arnislice which the
partisan leaders here are striving TO estab-
llsh, cannot be denied, nor can such move
ments safely he ignored Every days addi-
tlonn experience confirms the truth of the
indignant aspiration Of the Columbus Times.
when smarting under the sense of Southern
deserllon and betrayal some time since |;
" Poor South feCciy Enthusiastically dejind-
ed-baSey betrGyedW
Here are the latest tidings from the State
so well beloved aud admired" by president
FILLMORE and his Secretary of State, The
Boston Courier says;
In the senate, on Saturday, the committee
on the compromise resolutions, which were
transmitted from other States, reported bill
to nullliy the fugitive slave law. This is de-
signed us firebrand of discord by the Abol-
itonists-but one would suppose the eXperi-
encc Of the last session would have taught
them that its only fate must he to 20 out
with hiss of contempt The folly was gross
enough the first time, but to repeat it is folly
in its extrme wretchedness.
A pertinent reminiscence-the bullying
bill Of the last session (which did not pass
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THE ANTI.SLAVERY BUGLE,
Ps6h,isd epory Saturday, at Salem, Col Co., o.

Pa6hIhed erery Saturday, al Salem, Col. Co., o.
TERus.-$ so per annum If paid in advance,
Sl,75 per annum if paid within the first six
months of the subscribers year.
$500 per annum, if payment be delayed
beyond six months.
rTWe occasionally send numbers to those
who are not subscribers, but who are believed
to be interested in the dissemination of anti-sla-
very truth, with tho hope that they will either
subscribe themselves, or use their influence to
extend its circulation among their friends.
LP,Communications intended for insertion.
to be addressed to MARIus II. RoBiNsoS, Editor,
All others to EMILY ROBINSON, Publishing A Ct.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-04-17

was drawn up,-so it was understood at the
time, 10y Mr.. Charles Sumner. That gen
teman has now been almost four months in
the United States Senate, whittier he was
TO procure the "instant and unconditional
repeal of the fugitive slave law. The sub
lect has been again and again agitated in that
body, but Mr.. Sumner has not opened his
mouth nor lifted his finger in the matter!-
Brutus, thou sleepcst! Thou art not Brutus
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-04-17

The late Mrs. Ware, of Frankfort, KY,
cmancipated, by her WILL all her slaves, thirty
in number, and purchased for them 1900
acres of land on the Miami Canal, in the State
of Ohio. Twenty seven of these discnthralled
persons arrived in Cincinnati, on Tues
day, where they purchased agricultural implo-
mcnts ect., and left for their new home on
Wednesday. vi Pittsburgh Dipatch.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-04-17

A great change has taken place in the
romantic literature of France. The pro-
ductions of such writers as Nj. Eugene Sue
have given place to an entirely new class OF
compositions. The only works of fiction in
the French language that are now published
are government newspapers.