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A Coon HlT.--In the course ola dis
cusslon in the Massachusetts Convention
a good deal was SAID about the licen
tiousness OF the Press, whereupon Col.
Schouler, of Boston, made very fair
retort:
"A great deal has been said about the
licentiousness ofthe public Press. Now,
sir, | happen to have had great deal to
do with the public Press, and must
say that the most licentious parts of my
experience with the public Press has
been the defence of men in public sta
tions,
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ia Dutchman on being called upon
to help pay for a lightning rod for the
village church, towards the building Of
which he had subscribed literally, ex-
claimed
81 have helped to build house for de
Lort, and if chooses to donder on it and
knock it down, he mustn't do ii at his
own risk"
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VII.--DR. BROWN.

The Rev. John Brown, worthy
Presbyterian divine of the Old School,
author Of a Dictionary of the Bible, and
other popular theological works, after
having "sparked'' for seven years, asked
his love if she would permit him to kiss
her. Unlike most young ladies', she
did not object. Before partaking OF the
luxury, he said,
"Let us ask blessing -
And it was so. He then kissed her.
And behold, it was very good!
ooh !" exclaimed the enraptured
saint, show savory. will you give me
another! But let Us return thanks"
He did So Thus, believe, for the
first tlme in this world, was offered up
grace Before and alter' kissing.
have reserved, by way of climax,
Boswell's account of the marriage jaunt
of Samuel Johnson.
81 know not for what reason the mar
riage ceremony was not performed at
Birmingham: but resolution was taken
that it should be at Derby, for which
place the BRIDE and bridegroom set out
on horse back, suppose in very good
humor. But though Mr.. Topham Beu-
clerk used archly to mention .ohnson's
having told him with much gravity,
"Sir, it was love marriage on both
Sides" have had from my llIustrous
friend the following curious account Of
their journey to church upon the nup-
tlal morn:
"SlR she had read the old romances,
and had got it into her head the tantas-
tical notion that a woman of spirit
should use her lover like a dog. So,
sir, at first she told me that | rode too
fast, and that she could not keep up with
me; and when rode a little slower she
passed me and complained that Jagged
behind. was not TO be made the slave
of caprice; and resolved to begin as |
meant 10 end. TGood old Sam. |
therefore pushed on brisIily, till | was
fairly out of sight. The road lay be-
tween two hedges, so was sure she
would soon come up with me. When
she di d, observed her to be in tears
"This,' adds Bozy, cit must De allow
ed was a singular beginning of connu-
bal felicity; but there is no doubt that
Johnson, though be thus showed man
ly frmncss, proved most indnlgent
husband to the last moments of Mrs.
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PEOPLE WHO CANNOT BE AsToNGsHED.
Il pity the man who cannot be aston
ished. Yet there are MANY such men
people of SO non mIrabolent nature, so
cold blooded, SO fshy in temperament,
that they marvel at, are perplexed, or are
bewildered by nothing. 1.-THE ghost Of
their grandmother were to rise before
them, they would request the apparition
to shut the door anj be seated. II the
sky were to rain potatoes, they would
simply thank Heaven for its bounties;
and perhaps give themselves the trouble
to entreat that next sine it rained, it
should rain upwards instead of down
wards. AS Murat said Cor said to have
! said) Of Talleyrand-you might kick
them in the back for hours, without the
slightest change of countenance passing
over them. An earthquake in Regent
street, mac!stroom in Chelsea Reach,
sirocco in Pail Mall, the a-serpent
in the Fleet Ditch, an alligator in Fet-
ter Lane, snow in July, and n-strokes
in January all these marvels would
draw from them no observation more
denoting agitation than a lanquid ''dear
me - or a feeble chow curlous!" 1t
the earth were to stand still, and the
sun turn green, they would, with min
ute's reference to their almanacs, take
the phenomena for granted. With them
the world is a ball on which they live;
and what there may be inside it, or I'M
derneath it, or above it, is no concern
of theirs. In society they are known as
"people who mind their own business"
and, being rather numerous class, and
comprising within their ranks many
peers, landed proprietors, bankers and
merchants, are highly esteemed and
respected for their want of curiosity and
their discreet immobility. They make
money; and as for the poor people who
can be and are astonished, and whose
Reconsideration, leading them from in
quiry to discovery, and thence to the
invention Of machines, TO the elucidaton
of scientchc truths, and TO the perfec-
ton of the arts which adorn and human
ize society they live up steep flights of
stairs,an d don't dine every day.
As for me, cannot walk hundred
PAGES into the street without seeing
sometime to be wonder.stricken and
amazed at, am aston,shed at the WAYS
of men, women, and children, and at
the astonishing clothes they wear: at
the WAYS of dogs, errant and stationary.
1t the WAYS OF the noise. the dust. the
rain, the heat: the frantic turmoil and
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LA man down in Lynn, Mass, it is
said, made SO many pairs of shoes in a
day, that it took two days 10 count them.
lie was smart one, but not equal 10 a
mason in New Hampshire, who built so
many miles of stone wall that it took
him all that and the next day to get
home again.
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When Sigournet, a notorious
wag of Boston, was expiring, a servant
entered and informed the attending ply
sician, that man had fallen down the
well. The dying man overheard the
servant, and inquired, with scarcely an
audible whisper, 81 say, Doctor, did he
kick the bucket"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-08-13

O-Gen. Arista, of Mexico, has writ
ten letter from Lohd don stating that
the letter relative to annexation with
the U. S. which has been imputed to
him is forgery.
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DEMOCRATIC DIscoR D.-The demo-
Gratis, opposed to the regular nomina.
ton of Pilsbury, In Name, met at Port
land on Thursday, and nominated the
Hanson p Merrill. Resolutions were
passed, committees appointed, and the
arrangements for vigorous contest en-
tered into.
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SATURDAY MORNING AUGUST 10 1853

brought the affair to crisis; for Matilda
convinced either of the strength Of
Williams passion by the violence Of his
behavior, or afraid of encoanterlng a
second beating, consented to become
his wife. How he ever presumed to
enter her presence again, after such
series of enormites, the ch!Epnicler saith
not and Strickland (being womaD
says she is at loss TO imagine.
The marriage between the royal cous-
ms took place in 1852, at Williams own
Castle of Agni in Normandy, whittier
Matilda was with great pomp conduct
ed by her ilustrious parents and no.
bly, company Of knights aud ladies'.
This unhattering mode OF "sparking"
is not yet extinct. 1t exists among the
aboriginal inhabitants of the Australian
group, which has been Justly styled "the
country of contradictions" Their treat
ment Of the female sex SAYS DR.. H. Muir
ray, in his Encyclopedia OF Geography,
is Of all other particulars, the most afro
cious. Their courtShip consists in the
most brutal violence.-Tbe intended
husband, having contrived 10 find aIon"
the unhappy victim of his inclination,
begins by beating her to the ground with
a club; then accumuIates blows upon
blows, till she becomes altogether sense
less, when he drags Her to his howell,
regardless Of her striking against shrubs
and stones, till under such promising
auspices she is fixed in his domestic es-
adjustment. All of their subsequent
life is ola piece with this outset.--Sev-
eral of the coIonlsts in vain attempted
10 count the scars with which the faces
OF these unfortunate beings were varle-
gated.
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ry-"It it wasn't for home the heart
would break" as Mrs. Perkins said
when she buried her seventh husband,
and looked anxiously among the funeral
crowd for another.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-08-13
Trustees Sale of Lands
IN CECIL IND kENT COUNTIES,

Nv ~ u" IA i'-' ~ ~ 10
4 virtue Oh Decree OF thc CEcu't court
49, Tor tecii county: IN Chahcery, lhe uhoef-
signed as trustee wa, sell a, PuhiIc Sale on
iUeSddy, me lOW 81 august, merit,
al the motel OF james Button, Esq, in Warwick,
Cecil county, between the hours OF and i
O'Clock, p. NJ. all The Rca! Estate, whereof
A''reu d. lno,naS, ,"'e o. 'ec''' uiea Se'"eu,
land 10 VIII:
A ,roct orIond l,i,o md baino in Cecil
county, cnn,oiniug
.HS kc,,s
F.,
" 'e'S' ms p oPe,'H 'cs o''e ii''' "ou'
va 'I"' "'' "o""' '""' u ""' 'eI'''on' ",'' 10
~! '"'""O'' '"' "IT"'s ''"t "f'u - "'' y"
7D'" WV ''''! rum "e','"-' "''~"o"'
~ "a '"- ,,' S'""1 SI"" -,
~ ~, ~ '' wv =" 'o'''' Wv
80, n'L Il "' III, va '"'s l"oPe'H H.
Np"I .n".' nc 'tne'nS - :" soo' 'i lts',
"A ul"'' W ''r' l1'nS anu 'e''S ~ M"
.oun'?, 'lN '''''' ''o'i "eo' se'o"" r. '''''''
''"'"'"'"s
So" 0S,
more or less. The improvements are wv"
story Dwelling House, with Kitchen, meat
house, carriage house, 2ranary, stable, corn
GRIP. nc. Inns property adJonS Ianus "l fhilp
Rason. and others; the quality OF the lana Is eN-
celient, ana about 5000 bushels OF lime nave
beeh spread upon II WlthIn thr ast Two OF lhrcc
yeats. thirty or forty acres IN wood.
.. tract OF lana lying ana being IN Kent
county, SIX miles from Georgetown Il Roads,
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Wine DocrRfvEs.-We want no bet
ter proof of the superiority of Wing
principles than the fact that our politl.
cal opponents take them up and incor-
porate them with their own doctrines.
That has been done again and again
there is no doubt; and, now we have
proof positive that something OF the
same sort is going on. The present
Administration is in favor ofthe construct
ton Of the Pacific raH road, and is de-
termined to appropriate to itself the
glory of achieving that great project!
1t has not been many years since the SO
called Democratic party were opposed
to this scheme. They were such strict
constructionists that they denied TO the
Government almost every power save
that of making war and levylng taxes.
But that is all changed now; and we
see them taking up the doctrine so ably
advocated by Mr. CLAY, viz: the con-
power Of making internal i'm.
provements. We confess qualification
at this change. We see in it proba-
bilty that the dominant party are inclin-
ed to be guided by proper regard for
the public interest; and we are the more
confirmed in the superiority ofour prIn-
cipes when we see them adopted by
our opponents. " e hail this as an omen
of brighter times in politics, when "Our
Country" shall be the motto Of both
parties, and when personal interests shall
be sacrificed for the public good.
MUrlJo' Gaz.
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WHOLE No 623

THE FRANKLIN Observation-Disclosures.
nation of a very interesting character
has been received by government, which
| if correct, and it has every appearance
of authenticity, may turn out to be Of
great importance as hearing Of the fate
of the missing Arctic expedition under
Sir John Franklin. 1t was % the effect
that intelligence has been conveyed to
the Russian Government at St. Peters
burgh, that several of what are called
glass balls have been found by the ma
tives at the mouth of the River Obi,
which falls into the Arctic basin at the
SEVENTEEN parallel of latitude. The
Russian authorities transmitted this in
formation without delay to our foreign
Office; and request has been despatch.
ed that some oflhe so-called ''glass balls,'
more probably bottles, may be, If posi-
bic, secured and transmitted to England.
The locality where these balls or bot
ties are said to have been found is pre-
cisely that to which they would prob
ably have drilted. mad they been thrown
overheard or otherwise detached from
Franklin's ships in case the latter had
attained a high northern latitude; for
the current of the Arctic Ocean sets
along the Siberian towardsthe European
coast, as Is evidenced by the great guam
tity Of drift wood, &c, found on the
shore. 1t would, of course, be prema-
ture to arrive at the conclusion that
these glass balls are relics Of Franklin's
expedition; but the information, crude
though it be, is of too important and
curious nature to be summarily dis.
missed as unworthy of attention.
London Times.
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II-sIR ISAAC NEWTON.

OF the courtshIp of this illutratrious
Philosopher have somewhere read an
anecdote. II is we'll known that he was
often absent minded; that, for example,
he would sometimes rise and sit for sew.
eral hours by his bedside undressed, and
absorbed in thoughts: that he would atten
forget TO dine until reminded by his do
mestIcS that in order to live it was ne
cessary to eat. Once and once only he
loved a young woman. One evening
they were seated by the tireside togeth-
er. He sa' silently smoking. She was
100 proud of bis love to be offended at
his conduct. At length he took his pipe
from his mouth, and selzed her hand.
She expected that he was about to kiss
it, Instead of doing so, however, he
stirred the tobacco IN the head of the
pipe vita her tDre,in ger--a rather odd
substitute for a pin She was very an
CRY with him, and their coutship end
ca.
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"Shall have your hand :" said
New York exquisite to a belle, as the
dance was about to commence. "With
all my heart" was the soft response.
She was "wlin" critter.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-08-13
July 90 is
TseeSTE1EI'S SALE.
HENRY C. MACkALL.
Trustee,

DN virtue ofa Decree Of The Circuit Cont OF
ID Cecil county, sitting in Equity, the under
signed, rs Trustee, will sell al Public Sale, at
The Court House door in EIklou, Cecil county,
Maryland, on
Wcdacsday, tie l7th Of .8~gust, oert,
all HAT Farm OF tract of laul wncrrot Darius
Smprrs, lately died seized and possessed stu
ani on the ROAD lradin2 IRON Elhlon 10 The
Brick Meeting House. and w1hin two miles OF
the former place: said laln continuing
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BAENUM AND ADvERTlsrNG.-Th e
New York papers latei y contained a
long and minute report OF the arrest Of
Barnum Tor swindling, upon a complaint
preferred by man who testified that he
paid TWENTY-FIVE cents to see the beard
ed WOMAN, but that he had reason to
believe that il was fraud and got up
by the said Barnum to deceive, deiraud,
and many other wicked thngs-as he
had no doubt the person was a male, not
a female; as represented. OF course
Barnum was there, as he is every where
althQugh,it was at the Tombs, and pro-
tested his innocence. He moreover
presented her father, who testified TO
her seX-her husband, who swore that
she had borne him two children, and OF
the physicians Of the CITY prison, with
DR.. Valentine Mott, and Others high in
the medical profession, all of whom, alter
an examination, testified that she was a
female. Being a case of 50 novel a
character, the newsmongers caught it up
and reported it at great length; giving
our bland friend Barnum the advantage
not on y OF most extensive advertise
ment of the bearded lady, still Oh exhi-
bition at the Museum, free gratis, but in
form which his money could not we'll
have purchased, when it leaked out that
Barnnm had hired the fellow to institute
the suit, and paid him we'll for it. How
much consists in mans understanding
his business and then adUertiSing.
GRAssHoPPERs.-Many ofthe farmers
in this vicinity have been excessively
annoyed this season by grasshoppers.
They not only devour every green thing
IN the fields they visit, but sometimes
even attack harder objects than the
blades OF grass or corn. A an instance,
the following has been related to us by
gentleman upon whose farm it occur
red. BY accident willow basket and
common rake, with a hick DRY handle,
were left in a field infested by these in
sects. Failing to find other food, they
attacked the basket and rake handle, and
in a short time consumed the former and
rendered the latter entirely useless
.MinerS' Journal.
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GREAT ATTRACTION.

"M. TORBERT has now opened his new
w and well selected stock of Spring and
Summer Goods, all of which he is offering very
cheap, His stock consists in part Of
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-08-13

GREAT YACHT RACE TO CONE orr
1t is stated that great regatta is to
come eff next September, in the vicinity
OF keyport, N Y. which will be con-
tended for by an English yacht and a
new modelled craft now building, under
the management of Mr.. E. L. Blodgett,
at Keyport. The prize TO be awarded
will not be less than $500 for the win
ming boat.
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Domestic muslins. bleachcd ditto, Sumner pant
stuff in great variety, cloth, cashmere, twceds,
al9aca, blocade. poplns, bed ticking, check
shlrling. stripe do, sc,
N. B. Country produce taken in exchange
for goods. lapr9
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DrNear Charlotte, Va, last week,
slave sold for s ,275. another for $ l.
205, and boy aged years, for $3.50.
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ND .&CFes Of Rand.

more OF less.
The natural quality Of the soil is excellent
and the situation OF The land near To navi9ahr
water, aiiording unusual facilities for procur-
in" lime and guano, and other manureS, renders
this property altogether desil H..
The improvements are a comfortable frame
or log Dwelling, and the usual out houses
There is an excellent spring OF water near the
door There are about - acles Of v oodand
furnishing chcsnut timber sufficient for fencing
Sale TO commence at > O'Clock p. M.
TERNS or S.HLE.
The terms al sale as prescribed by the De-
cree, require one third Of the purchase money
to be paid in cash on the day of sale, one third
in nine months from the day OF sale, and the
residue in eighteen months from the day Of sale;
the credit payments 10 be secured by the bonds
OF notes oflhc purchaser, with surety or sure
tics to be approved BY the Trustee. The last
two nslaIments tc bear interest from the day
OF sale. JAS. +. MCCULLOUGH,
July 90 Is Trustee.
p5@inlelliqenrer, Doylestown; copy till sale
and send bill 10 Trustee.
FARM AT PRIVATE SALE.
H'HE subscriber will sell at Private Sale his
l. farm coniair g
s Acres
Of land, of whlc. about 30 acres are Woodland:
lying about half mile south of the village OF
North East in Cecil county, Md.
Ev1 The improvements are frame
4%gSsssR and other outbuiIdings. There
ss-NYs,a.,xiiss "a IS stream OF water passing
through The farm aiiording water
in every field The land has been lined for
he last two o. three gears.
Persons desiring to purchase will please ap-
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IfT.-ELDON.

The father OF Lord Eldon, the Chan
crlIor of England, having resolved to
marry, rang MS bell. A female servant
answered it. lie told her to dress hersp If
in order to repair to the altar with him.
She thought he was estng, and dis
obeyed. he rang his belt again. A
second servant appeared, To her he
gave the same command. She atti red
herself, and was made bride.
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The Robert HAL, when on a visit to a
brother clergyman, wentintothe kitchen
where pious servant girl whom he
loved, was then working. He lighted
his pipe, sat down, and asked her
Betty, do you love the Lord Jesus
Christ!'
81 hope ! do, sir,' was the reply.
He Immediately added,
Betty, do you love met"
They were married. - GIflIan's
Gallcry IF Literary Portraits, Isl series
Pr 6, :.
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OF Dr.. John Abernethy, one of the
most eminent surgeons and medical
writers OF the last century, several an
ecdotes are recorded. He was extreme
ly eccentric, or rather was extremely
mani y. He acted and spoke always as
nature dictated, and not as custom Or
dained. TO a rich valatitudinarian
gentleman he once prescrioed-''Live
on a siXpence a day-and earn it," an d
to lady OF the same species, who Of
tered HIM fee, he said: MADAM, keep
your money and buy a skipping rope"
" hen he loved, he still continued to
despiSe the forms with which society
ever seeks to cucumber the savings and
dolngs OF men. He did not waste his
time in counting, nor did he PROSTATE
himself, as is usually the case, pro. tenn,
before the relatives Of his Eve. He
met her IN the street, revealed his afec-
ton for her, and offered her his hand.
She accepted it, and he Immediately
gave her a purse, with orders to furnish
n h0uSp
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Daniel o Connell did not court at all.
He told his sweetheart that he loved he:;
asked if his love was. reciprocated, or if
she was engaged; and if she was free, if
she was willing to make an engagement
with him. The young lady replied as
frankly as he questioned, aud they We're
speedily united for better or for worse.
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in every field. The land has been lined for
he last two q three gears.
Persons desiring to purchase will please ap-
ply 10 Jacob Hyland, at North East, or to +.
A. Ellis, at Elkton.
June Is If NICHOLAS PHILLIPS
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-08-02
NEW GOODS FOR SPRING 1853.
J. LII. MAGUEE 81 co

Wholesale Dealers and JO56ers ia Foreign and Do
mestie Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, hats, Caps,&c,
FIgsr SrRLEr, EVANSVILLE, ISD.
Respectfully invite the attention of Merchants and
the trade generally to their unusually large and full as
sotmcnt of Spring and Summer Iry Goods, which they
have now in store, and TO which they will be daily re
ceiying additions through the coming season.
1t is unnecessary for them To enumerte, particu
arize the different styles; qualities. aud varieties
their goods. Its sufficient 10 sag that their stock will
be found full and complete with every description ,o
goods suitable for the Western market, all OF which
have been selected with particular regard To quality
style and price, and which, from their long expt ricncc
in the trade they confidently recommend to theiI
friends aud the trade in general. - - q --
Their stock of Boots and shoes is also large and
pcte, consisting of liens and Boys Boots and Shoes
Monroes and Brogans Of all Kinds and varieties Wo
mems and Misses CATERS, Booees, Shoes, slippers
and BusSins, with Children's Shoes and Bootees, o
every kind and price. all of which they Offer III exraor
binary low prices being purchased in Boston for cash
exclusively.
They have also on hand fine assortment of Hats,
Caps and Bonnes of all kinds for Spring and Summer
Wear.
They earnestly request of BUYERS examination o
their stock before purchasing elsewhere they
will sell at prices low and terms
rs can be met with 1T ST. Louis CncinnSt any other
Western market.