The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-05-14


TRl'L OF RoRERT SwAN.--The Fed.
erck Examiner says it is authorised tc
state that john 5. Tyson, Esq, of How
ard county, las accepted the appoint.
ment Of Special Judge to try the case oil
the State VS.. Robert Swan, charged with
the murder Of VIM. o. Sprigg, late al
Alleganv county, at the term Of the
Circuit Court for Washington county to
be held in July. The appointment was
made, according to law, nv the Hon.
Madison Nelson, Judge of the third Ju-
dcial Circuit OF Maryland.
MARYLANp STATE AGRICULTURAL So
CIETY.-At the regular quarterly meet
ing Of the Society, held on " Wednesday
last, the Hon. Vim. G. Rives, of Yir-
gina. at present minister to France. vas
selected to deliver the annual address
before the Society. The exhibition
will take place on the Goth, 26lh, 9th
and 2Sth October next. The Virginia
Agricultural Society holds its annual
exhibition the week following.
DICKINSON CoLLEGE.-The Carlisle
Herald states that two cases of small
pox having occurred last wrrk among
the students, the Faculty Of Dickinson
College concluded, on Monday morn
ing last. upon a suspension o! the Col
lege duties until the first OF June. A
majority OF the students have according
" left town and returned to their
homes.
EFFECTS or GUANo.-Bv the use Of
gu"no The WOrn-out fields OF Niontgom-
cry, in Maryland, and Fairfax and
Prince William, in Virginia, arr now
rrsumlng their ancient fertility. lands
IN consequence have risen greatly. in
value. Farms which, five years ago,
sold for 10 a $5l5 the acre, now brings
40 a $50
TIE CAl12oHNGA RoaErR.-To the
bill in the California Legislature, APP
propriating $1,000 for the capture Of
the bandit .loa4uin, Mr.. Proctor offered
an amendment au'Iorising the Governor
to appoint three commissioners who shalt
settle all adver>" claims to III" head OF
Joaquin, provl.ed bis ears BE- reserved
to the State as revenue.
SHocElNGLY RoMANTlc.-A man
named Frederick ". Mitchell. in New
York, loved Miss Magdalenp Thomp-
son so hard, that he undertook to shoot
her on Friday, because her parents re-
fused to let him visit her. He fred a
pistol at her and lodged the ball in her
leg.
JrDGn JACOB BURNETT, who died in
Cincinnat,,on Tuesday, emiSrated from
New Jersey to that city in 1896, when
it contained only fifteen or sixteen log
houses. He was member of the first
territorial Legislature Of Oho; for ten
years judge Of its Supreme Court, and
at one time a U. ). Senator.
H. We learn from the Philadelphia
lIiI NlI'i mat ilIt non. u NNPIli Ia. IiiIlli-
Ter, accompanied Ivy his lady, will leave
that city to-day with the object of max
Ing short trip to Europe. He will in
return in tImr to be- in his seat at the
opening Of Congress.
Hon. Isaac hewitt STEELE, of Baln-
more clty, American charge to Nene-
zupla, it is said has expressed a desire TO
b" recalled, and vii return home in the
course ofneXt month.
J~Co'. VIM. Scott Haynes, who fig
urrd conspicnouSly in the Lopez expo.
dition, died at New Orleans on the 18th
instant. lie was a native OF Bedford,
Va.
The State Of Maryland has recently
paid to the captors OF Chaplin, charged
with ahducting slaves, S1l5O, drStrib-
utlng the Sum among dozen persons.
la few days ago, 80 Choctaw In
dlans. men and women, sailed from
Mobile for Boston, en- route for the
Crystal Palace exhibition.
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