The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-02-19
Correspondence Of Tie Cecil Wing.
Letter from ROwIandsyflIe,
RoWLANDsvILLE, Feb. ID. '53

correspondence ~ me CeCH ring.
Letter from ROwlandsyflle.
RowLANDsvILLE, Feb. IA, '53.
II Typographical Error ramping the Pedal
Ertremihes-.7nriefy about our Friends-.7
Glance at Your many FdciiHies-The Debt of
Gratitude due by Ccciiians 10 The p. ". g. b.
Raifroad- Your Railroad and Our Railroad
In Mritafion 10 Tie Wing, SC.
Mn. EDITOR IL perceive in the dvertse-
ment to my Rowlandsvillc letter published in
The Wing of last week, am reported as say
ing Gan Improvement on P's prcroga,ivc."
should have written it, and l think did, an in
Jringement, or emcronchment, on the aforesaid
prerogaiIve. am not presnmptuouS enough to
imagine that can make any improvements in
that line, ifbreviiy be the "suul Of w.t." and
"Variety the spice Of life
That gives it all its flavor"
But it appears that ira nped on some body
else's toes. There are good many folks who
make The Wing place Of resort, that have
such "all-frcd" long toes that they are contin-
ually getting tramped on. know that it's u
Ealing OF poor human nature 10 think most of
"self and wife, and of son John and his wife,"
ana from this reason or some other, you don't
rightly appreciate the anxious solici.ude we of
fowlandsvlle feel for your future welfare.
Consider for moment the danger that threat
ems your physical and moral natures, from the
unprecedented conveniences you enjoy in the
way OF locomotion. What beautiful level
country envIrons the city of Elkton! Roads
without n stone that you may drive carriage
on Tor hours, and not be annoyed by jar. Why.
II you were to attempt doing on one of our Oc-
loraro hills yon would find yourselfknocke d in
TO a cooked hat, or the middle Of next week, or
into some other strange anomaly, in emo time.'
And then you have the crystal waters OF the
Chesapeake, with lis smoking steamers, its gil
ding sail boats, lis pleasure yachts, its sporting
barges and in short its whole family boats,
ready TO carry you where ever you will TO go.
And again, yon have the iron horse right at
your door, ready harnesSed, and impatient to be
@ong-Jnmp on and away whittier you please.
Now we up here, who have none of these ad-
,ontages, really feel for YOU, for you are in
great danger OF going OIL by apoplexy or indl-
eestion. You are aware tina, the gold mines Of
Peru and Mexico made Spain poor because they
made the people proud and lazy-at least Mr..
Cardell thinks so.
With all these natural and artificial advan
tages, we feel some apprehension Of our good
friends about The Chesapeake relapsing into
suplneness, and letting their present beautiful
and highly cultivated country, through which
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
X. X. passes, retroeade into barren wilder
ness, and for this reason, and perhaps isome
others, we are going to make, a strenuous eff
tort 10 remore the rail road up here away; and
thus supercedc the necessity of building a dam
across the mouth Of the Susquelanna river, as
that would be attended with million of ey-
pense, and the road being already f,co million,
In debt, II would be very serious remembrance
to it,
1t, also, might have some difficulty in borrow
ing the necessary funds. aud YOU know we
wouldn't like TO see strain on lis credit. it has
been 50 punctual in paying its taxes to Cecil
county. 1t also, so enriched the eating house,
OF Annapolis, some few years ago, by endeavor
ing (noD TO buy, COT course,) the Legislature
OF Nd. with tnriIs-soup,- Or rather charter
from II, Tor the magnanimous purpose Of stop
ping the navigation Of one Of the PRINCIPAL NV
ers north OF the Potomac, aud virtually DESTROY
ing hundred thousand dollars worth of taxa
BILE property belonging 10 Cecil county,
mat rall road OF yours is also a very business
corporation, Cor no longer ago than last winter
tyou remember how cold it was it entered lnto
competition with the wood choppers along its
way. and actually outdld them, inasmuch as il
had command Of all the cars on said road, and
would nj hire them To the woodmen. So il sue
cecded in purchasing their wood at us own
price. and afterwards denied the charge when
brought against IL; but one "Peter" of Por; De-
post cinched 1t, however, by bringing forward
those stubborn things called "iacts.''
In view of these things the Cecil conntians
harn't the least cause to murmur, for il makes
good time running through in four hours, pass
ing over two long ioot-logs resting on ,oie, or
piles, driven into the mud of Bush and Gunpow-
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