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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-11-26

Fishy used to he famous county for
fish. As many as sixty herring and shad fish
cries, some OF them giving employment to forty
or fifty hands, have been in operation in single
spring and fish we're then the staple of the
county; mathematical (which fish was placed
on the cupola ofthe Court House for 'reather
cock." 1t still thereon faces the storm, allho'
the staple thus Indicated on the steeple is no
longer the boast OF the land. But still Cecil
is something in the fish line yet as may be seen
by the following from The Lancaster Inteili-
gencer:
A LARGE EEL.-Mr. Thomas Layman, IT,,
of Fulton Township, in this county, showed US
mammoth Eel on Tuesday morning last
which he caught the previous day at the head
Of the Canal; in Cecil county, Nd. This hug &c
Eel measured four feet inches in length, |
inches in circumference, and weighed III lbs.
We have seen large ones before, but this far
ott-strippel them all, and we doubt whether
ever. its equal was previously seen in Lancas-
ter. Mr.. L. took it with him to PhiIalel phu
on Tuesday, where it doubtless excited the
same degree OF wonder that it did here.
ODTHE WING State Convention Of
New Hampshire met at Concord, on the
18th inst. James Bell received the
nomination for Governor, and william
White for Railroad Commissioner
Resolution were passed, expressing adj
herence to the cherished cardinal princi
llfs Of the Wing Party.
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Tur COTTON CROP IN TIE U. STATE:

4 The COTTON CROP IN THE L. STATES.
According to the November number
Of De Bows Review, 1t appears that the
total cotton crop Of the United States IN
1892 50 was 1852 $50 bales; to which,
il We add the previous stock on hand Of
81, Ii6 bales, we have for the tota GUAM
/ ti'y now 3,35l,y5S bales. CT tins a.
mount, after dodUcting the foreign ex-
port and stock on hand IN III" couu-
try Of 235, 6A3 bales, and %, Sol bales
burnt at New Orleans, there remain
6u00o bates for home consup'iou,
against 603,D2& last year, and I"I, Is
the year before, exclusive Of the amount
consumed by Manufacturers south Of Eir
ginia.
EXPENSIVE GARMENr.-The Journal
( Of Commerce states that a Russian gen
/ ,leman, residing in New York, had oc-
caSion, not long since, to bring to this
country his overcoat, which V as lined
with sable, agrrrbIy to Russian costume
and the deity assessed on it amounted to
$70O-the garment having been APP
praised at something like $4,000
WoMAN's RlGHrs.--A marriage crrp-
mcny was performed at Rochester, on
the 18th, 10y Rev. Antoinettr l.. Brown,
the preacher. The Union says: "lhose
present state that the Rev. AntOinrtte
went through with the ceremony with
marked grace and proprlcty, emitting,
however, all alIusion to the pnmeval
/ injunclion.'
PRESIDENT OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND
Ono CANAL.-We see tie names of the
i Hon Richard j. Bowie, the late whig
candidate for Governor, and Col. Chas.
| Nj. Thruston, OF Cumberland, mentioned
in connection with the post OF President
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com
pany.
| FAMINE IN CHINA.-To the horrors OF
a civil war n ow stating China have
been added those Of terrible famine
whlch prevails in some provinces. The
Imperial Pekln Gazette. a paper which
/ in this case would rather conceal than
eXaggelate the truth, states that in the
province of Shantung the corpses literal
~ strew the fields.
! Ice IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI The
Dubuque herald, of the I4th INST, states
that the steamer Nominee was unable,
on her last trip 10 get through Lake
Pepin, on account drumming ice.
MASSACHUSETTS LEGIsLATuRE.-So Some
additional representatives have been
elected since the first trial, and the ag-
gregatcs now stand thus:-W Wing 1866.
Opposition l0l, vacancies !59-W hig
majority 60
N-General Robes has arrived at n,
Orleans from the Rio Granle,
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ANOTHER DEMocRAT's OPINloN.-TF e
Philadelphia Eecening Bulletin is pub.
fishing series cf letters from Demo-
Graf, which are attracting public atten-
! ton. The last letter is dated at Wash
ington, and contains a scathing review
of the President and his Cabinet. We
give a specimen -
"The President is not a gnntlcman--
he is a pretender. | fear that Mr.. Cooley
told The truth. We were all sorry TO
read it. 1t would have been as well if
he had not been so strong in his language;
but still fear he has told the truth.
The President is vicious \ ankee. He
is not the real thing. He is slam; but
still a good sham. For eloquencc he
gives defamation. For craftsmanship he
gives claptrap. For manly dignity he
substitutes buster. For moral piety,
cant, and for councillors and advisers be
gathers around him adycn 'UTers and
delnagogues. His election was a SPLEEN
did Yankee trick, and his administration
will be a game OF brag. All this have
found out here. Remember that warn
YOU that the Administration are now
alive to the real condition Of affairs in
Pennsy lvania. Mr. Big!er came to Phil
adelphia for the purpose Of app"asng
the diScordant, when he was saluted by
Mr.. lngersoll's scathlng rhetoric.
The pretenders and sciolsts, now in
public life, dread lest the people shall
discover their ignorance and unlltneSs,
and ungowning them, whip them from
the stations they disgrace. MIR. lng"r-
soil was right. With grace and poin:,
he laid bare to the world the disgusting
untruth with which we, the treest peo-
pie on earth, have been deludlng our
sel'e, and proved we were groverned
by an arts ocracy--not of illusrltu'
accompli shments-not of manly vigor
an ! phiosophic force, or Of high public
service and long experience-bat by a
base. born, underlined pack of ignorant,
uneducated, and sometimes corrupt adj
venturers. There is not a man OF spirit
in the country who does not feel himself
be-Iittled by its public officials. Its
Senators are not l"gisla'ors-its ambas-
sailors are no, publicists its judges are
not jurists, and its high officials are no
longer statesmen; and as 10 gentlemen,
OH that Is an ''unparliamentary word. "
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1--WE are happy to learn by the
following paragraph from the West
Chester Republican that Capt. Evans, OF
the Delaware Republican, about whose
health much anxiety was felt, is now in
a fair way Of recovery:
1--WE are glad to learn that Capt C..
r. Evans, on" of the editors of the Del
aware Republican who has been lying
seriously sick at his sisters in This Bor-
ough for more than more month
past, is now decidedly better, and his
friends entertain strong hopes of his re-
covering his usual heaIlh.'
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Which sum being divided by $40
the number OF days during the
above time SHOWS an cAlln-
punishment Of the debt Of the
State. daily, Of
The interest Of the sinking fund
upon the LIST April 1882, was
Ii is now och Nov. 1853,
Sl54,50D and upon the LIST
January next will be
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NJ .s;aipU,

On Tuesday the 22 inst by Rev. w. S. F.
Graham, Mr.. RICHARD MCFARLAND, formerly
ct hlhinn to Miss ELIZABETH eldest daughter
Ct humas Jaggard Esq. cl New Castle coun-
~ Del.
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THE PLoUGH SUPERSEDED. The Eng
lush papers speak Of a new machine, the
Rotary Digger which threatens to SUI
persede the plough as an instruments Of
culture. Even with six or eight hors es
it is said to be infinitely cheaper and
more effective than the plough. The
machine is the invention of Mr. Samuel
son, of the Britannia Works Banbury, and
is very simple in its construction, ac-
carding TO wood cut representa- ton
which we have seen. IT consists Of a
simple frame, running on a couple Of
heels, resembling an ordinary field
roller. The weight and traction COM
blned, as the apparatus is traversed over
the land, causes series Of digging forks
or pgongs, to dig into the earth; and
thus, with five or six HOSES, according
to the state Of the soil under operation,
two men are enabled TO work down to
something like eight Or ten inches over
width Of three feet, throughlY Pulver-
ling the soil, to the extent Of i've Or six
inches dig.
[CrThe Mercantile Navy of the L..
States is at present greater than that Of
the United hi ngdcm Of Great Britain,
and the tonnage OF The single city OF n.
York is within a trie OF being equal to
that Of London and Liverpool put to-
ge.her According to statistics, orr mer-
cattle marine was, at the close OF last
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Eich SHOWS mat Inc income OF
the sinking fund will have,
upon the list of January next
been increased during the last
. months. Si2 $50 &c
Mentihg mr HTaW.-F For the first time dur.
ing many years decided effort is being made
by the people of ElktOn towards mending theil
ways, which have had some notorie,y as being
uncommoniy bal. True, from time 10 time
during the last decade, some wcl-mcant at
tempts at arcu,.....2c lave been made, but
quickly things would relapse into ihclr former
state and no sign Of lasting improvement re
main. Now, however, there is some evidence
Of permanency. But let no casual reader i'm
aglne that we refer to any change in the morals
or manners OF our townsiolk; of course we do
not; we would not insult them by inlimatine
the possibility OF any improvement in that d.
rection. We just mean TO mention that the
Town Comm ssiuncrs have set themselves
earnestly to work at paving the side walks with
brick, protected by granite curbing. A gooC
distance in the centre Of the town is TO be coin.
plcled this tall, which will give high and dry
footing in the times Of snow and mud, and the
expectation is, that next summer will bring ar
extension each way. In view of all this who
will not join in u "whoorah for the Town Com
missoners.''
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FoHEiGN MINISTER'S To BE DETAINED.
1t i, stated that the President has de.
termned to delay the departure of Judge
Mason for Paris, of Mr.. Robert McLane
for China, and Gov. Seymour, of Con-
necticu', for st. Petersburg, until they
have been confirmed by the Senate.
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The MORTALITY AMONG THE OFFICERS
OF TIE Army Thirty-one of the nine
hundred officers of the United States
army have died since the first Of Janua-
ny last. This, in time Of peace, is a
very large per cen'age Of deaths, proving
beyond question the hazardous nat ure
of the services they are at all times call
ed to render to their country.
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Which shows that the income OF
the sinking fund will have,
upon the list of January next
been increased during the last
81 months.
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u General Robes has arrived at n
Orleans from the Rio Granle,
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EsElTsGSE Al,

Nov IS 1t OK Circuit Count Tor Cecil c
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IcE IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI The
Dubuque herald, of the l4th INST, states
that the steamer Nominee was unable,
on her last trip, 10 get through Lake
Pepin, on account of running ice.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-06-16
Interesting from China.

The following from the Bcston Dali,
Advertiser, gives very intelligent State
ment Of the crisis in China:
THE CHINESE REBELLIoy.--A letter
from Messrs. Augustine Heard s Co., dated
Shanghae, March II, contains the following
information9 "Business of all kinds has
been stopped for several days. The late
successes Of the rebels and the probability
Of their capturing Nankin having created
SO great panic among the Chinese, that
many have left the province, capital has
been withdrawn from trade, and the bank
ers in this city and in Soochow have closed
their offices for the present. Goods Of all
kinds are unstable, it being unsafe to car
ry them through the country, and produce
is also at stand, as Chinese will only sell
for cash, which foreigners cannot pay. The
inconvenience of this state of things is Sc
verify felt by all.
Contractors for silk goods could not com-
plete their engagements and refused 10 un.
dertake to deliver them until the country
was tranquil"
! The following is an extract from letter
from Messrs. Russell & Co. dated at Shans,
hae, March 10.
"Aftcr a few transi,ory successes, the
Imperial forces were driven back upor
Naukin, and the rebels descending tn,
Yangtse with a force of 80 or 10000, have
invested that city, which is only garrlsoneC
with about 10 or 10000 disheartened troops
BY the last accounts bringing dates to Marcf
II, the place had not fallen, but woull
eventually, unless relevd.
Tie Governor OF Scoohcw has setit press
ing requests to the representatives Of foregr
powers for aid with ships and men.
The rebels profess TO be friendly to for
eingners, and their chiefs still maintain order
where they have the power, but many pla
ces have betn pilaged and much sutTerina
caused by the bandilti who follow in til,
train of the army"
ms circular gives Hari2ty ol ctAel
statements III relation to commercial affairs
The supply CT silks will be much curtailed
Teas will be less affected, because they arr
grown in various provinces, some Of whic!
are yet undisturbed. There will, however
be short production of the kinds, and ex
penscs will be higher.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-06-16
Important from Havana.

In the Chieago papers Of the 4th, we find
the following telegraphic dispatch:
The Crescent City at New Orleans on
the 3d. brings reports from Havana that the
Captain General had received instructions
from Madrid, to consider in connection with
the prominent Shareholders, The question o.
emancipating the negroes, and binding them
as apprentices, also TO ALLOW the Introduction
of emigrants from Africa. Intelligence
from Cardenas confirms previous reports o
finding revolutionary documents among the
soldiers of the barracks.
There was quite row at the university
OH the 18th May-the anniversary of the
landing of Lopez-several students were
arrested, four of whom were charged will
collecting money for the Cuban Junta; they
were dismissed.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-06-16
ELoPgMENr.-Bird ]. Smith passed

EboPHMENT.-Bird ]. Smith passed
through Warsaw, Mo-, about ten days since,
with another mans wife. The woman's
name was Harris. In the spring of 1852,
her husband, then newly married, left the
county for California. Soon after his arri-
val he remtted her $500, and few weeks
since she received draft for $500 more
With this sum the precious pair sloped,
leaving the printer of the Warsaw Review
Minus one years subscription.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-06-16

DisTuHBANcEs or THE RIO GRAxpr.-
The Brownsville Flag, of the 9Th, contains
the following:
"Just as we are going TO press, we learn
from reliable source Of another practical
foray upon Mexico by lawless band of
misnamed liberators. Il seems that on the
20th ut, band of some twenty-five thieves;
headed BY man named Taylor, previ-
ousIy organized in the vicinity of Rio Grand
City, repaired 10 settlement or rancho. on
this bank of the river, called Ii Guardado;
SOME FIVE miles below the Mexioan town of
Mier, where they crossed q portion Of their
band, and drove over to this side a large
number Of horses and mules, which had
been quietly gathered by their accomplices,
prior to the arrival of the above named ruff
fans. After crossing, the robbers sought
to make good their retreat by flight with
their booty, but justice wiled It otherwise.
The inhabitants of Meir and vicinity assem-
bIed. pursued even 10 this bank, overlook;
souna!y iiogged the despeyadoes, and recoys
cred their property. In this foray, howey-.
er, the life of one of injured party wa. sa-
crifccd--a citizen Of Mer vas killed in
the cneollilteri though ihe lives of three Of
the 5alditti paid the forfeit"
The same paper Of me 18th inst, make,
the following corrections Of the above state.
ment:
"ihe persons killed were named VIM.
Kinney and Thomas Robinson. They were
killed rear a place called the Sous, and nc.
cordihg 10 our information, while asleep.--
We are told that the stolen horse or mule,
were recovered from the men and taken in
to Camargo, when information was sent to
Rio Grande City Of the fact, by the Mexi-
cans. stating that they had killed the men
and recovered their property. We ars
like tohaye horrible slate Of affairs alopa
this frontier, if this hydra-hesded evil or
lawless fillibusterism and illegal horse ia.
fic be not stopped"
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-06-16
Duty Of the Whig Party.

There are some among the now derni-
nant party, who effect, perhaps feel, great
joy in the defeat of the Wing party in tho
late election for President, not only because
of the defeat, but because they believe--or
rather hope--tbat with the election Of the
Democratic nominee TO the Pre- idency, the
Wing party was killed And there are
some, too, who fatter themselves that they
were Wings, who are disposed to agree that
the Wing party was then obl;terated.
They may not clay that flattering JUNCTION
to their souls" The Wing party cannot die
whilst constitutional liberty and the Free
dom Of legislation lasts. 1t belongs to no
man. It is not identified with the success
or failure of any election. 1t is founded en-
principles; and while there is Union to be
preserved, law to uphold, right to maintain,
and good in legislation 10 be done, the Wing
Party-call it by what name you will-can
never die. 1t belongs 70 the peoples Of
them ana works for theta-lnd is, there
iore, Of no sense, dependent upon the power
and patronage Of tic government to give it
life. The maxim that had its origin in the
pristine days Of republican governments-
and which through long reverberations
reaches cur own"-!ell us that 'the price
Of liberty is eternal vigilance. 1t was for
this that the Wing party was organized-it
was for this that it has struggled-it is for
this that ii must livc-standing as senti-
ne! on the watch tower, to guard and pro-
iect the liberty and rights of the people, and
to uphold the responsibilities and duties Of
the government.
They can have, as party, no hope or de.
sire apart from that which locks to the
goodof the country. They cannot, then be
actuated by any spirit ot disappointment
IN opposing any office, in the aiministra-
tion Of the government. They look only to
what is right, and that they support. And
so, President Pierce has nothing to fear
, from the Wing party if he knows the right
and does ii. In so acting he may we'll fear
as the experience of his party predeces-
sors in office admonishes him-tha the will en-
gender opposition in the ranks of those who
aided in his election---but he has nothing to
fear from the Wing party. Will he then dd
the right? Are our fears lille, that he will
not when we look over the remorseless
spirit Of prescription which has been evinc-
ed by him, and his Cabinet advisers, in the
removal Of good and faithful officers? Our
, fears are not idle, and tie Wing party will
soon find--has already--cause enough tc
: continue its organization, and occasion t,
/, demand Of them their best excrions to stop
! the wrong and to uphold the right. LIE,
/ then The Wings, every where, keep them
5 selves ready to do their duty, which the
= principles on which their party rests, de,
4 mands Of every one to do who truly de-
i serves to be called by that honored name
= Baltimore Patriot.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-06-16

GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT BUtfALo.-Ah
important movement has been made in the
General Assembly at Buffalo. A large sum
is appropriated, after the Congregational
fashion, for purposes of church extnesiOn in
the West. On the second Sunday in No
vember, general collection is TO be taken up
in all the churches, in aid of the project.
The funds TO be raised will be intrusted to a
committee resident in New York and Phil
adelphia. Nineteen thousand dollars from
Missouri and Illinois are already obtained
and will be made over. The great success
of the similar effort undertaken by the Con.
gregatlonal denomination, inspires hopes o
a like reception for thiss~t Chicago Tribune
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-06-16

ST. Lours.-The Chicago Tribune, in the
paragraph which follows, indicates some Of
the quarters TO which St. Louis will look for
a portion ofthe immense business and wealth
which will IN the future distinguish that city
SO much more than it does even in the pres
ent:
St. Louis is the natural center Of one oi
the richest sections of country in the world
"a section as yet scarcely touched. Wes-
tern and Southwestern Missouri and Ar
kansas, are surprisingly rich in soil and
minerals, and the railroads now being con-
structed from ST. Louis, intended to open
them, will attract thousands of hardy work
ers where there are now hundreds, whose
trade alone will build up and sustain city
many times larger than that city now is
The great Iron Mountain--at the very door
of St. Louis--would of itself afford the
means of building up great Iron city, with
in fifty years, equal TO what Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati and St. Louis, combined are at this
tine.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-06-16
Memphis Convention.

A dispatch from Memphis dated the
evening of the 9th, announces that the Con-
vention met at Memphis on Monday morn
ing.
Hon. VIM. L. Dawson, of Georgia, was
elected President. Twenty Vice Presi'
dents were appointed, from ten different
States. Rev. c. X. Marshall acted as Sec
retary.
After the organization, the Convention
adjourned to o'clock.
One thousand Delegates were present,
representing fifteen States.
In the evening session, little was done
excepting the appointment of committees OF
resolutions.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-06-16

REDUCTION OF PAMPHLET AND MAGA-
ZINE PosTAGE TO FoREIGs CouNTRIEs.-
By an official notice in another column, it
will be observed that the Postmaster Gen
eral, avaiirg himself of the authority con-
tanned in provision of the postage act of
Sd March, 1851, has ordered reduction in
the rate Of postage on pamphlets and maga-
zines sent TO or received from foreign coun-
tries, which cannot fail 10 be highly accep-
table both to the press and people generally.
By said act, which is still partially in force
with reference TO foreign countries, the
rates are numerous and complicated-vary-
ing according to distance and the weight Of
the article conveyed. For instance, ac-
orrding to this act, the price per ounce on
printed matter to the continent Of Europe
is four cents an ounce, and to countries dis
tant over $500 miles the charge is raised to
five cents an ounce. These rates it is need
less TO say, are little less than prohibitory.
The order therefore, not only greatly re-
duces the postage on pamphlets and peri
odicals, but what is equally desirable, it
fixes simple and uniform rate to foreign
countries of two cents an ounce as the price
in all cases, except as therein mentioned
Wash. Union, 9th.