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At the residence OF her mother. Eliz Key
nolds, HESTER MiCuENER, consort of \. J.
Kitchener. Her disease, which WAS Of Il lin
gerng character, size bore with Christian r..
SigiiHtlon: she maintained Il cheerful cqllani-
nifty. wishing to make her suiIerin9s appear.
rs light as possible. On the Saturday prcv-
ons to her death she had the nth chapter of
John rad to her, which had been her daily.
practice for some time previous. As the.
solemn change drew near she had all the fam
lily collected around her dying bed and took
an ahcctionatc and impressive leave of thcns
all; saying 'tFarcwc!l. iarcwell-lovc to ALL
the horses are comc---thp chariot of Israel t,r
carry me homc.' Seeing her parents and
friends weeping she said Weep not for mt,
but rather rejoice that am going q llcaYcn,
which is joyful. peaceful happy iorcvcrmore'
Thus with II hymn Of praise on her expiring
lips, this dear young woman ceased to breathe
on the morning Of the md day Of March, in
the 18th year of her age. Her ransomcd
spirit we joytully believe was received imp.
the mansions prepared for it by Him who had
so lnarvclously redeemed her Uuto himself,
and is now one Of that happy company who
surround the throne Of God.
Rising Sun, Nd.
On Saturday last. near Chesapeake City,
Mrs. ANN HrEBAGE, consort Of Mr.. John Bur-
b ,ge; aged 50 years.
Suddenly, oiLolrt disease. on the 18th inst,
JosHrA CLAYTON, ESD, Of Bohemia Manor
near Bethel Church.
On Monday last, at his residence near
Cowantown, Capt. john HENDERSON. at an
advanced age. lie once represented Cecil
county in the House Of Delegates.
On the 9th inst, at her residence in Elk
Neck, Mrs. ELIZA PunNEn, aged SO years.
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Che 4flariIcts.

ELKToN, Mar. l1th.-Flour S---: wheat
sl.G5; corn - 20 cts; outs 80 IT'S
BALTIMORE MARKEr, March lGtll.-TLc adj.
vices by the steamer Arabia have serinusl,-
depressed the market for brcads.uGs. Early
this morning sales OF 500 barrels of Howard
street Flour at 81 %; afterwards and on lat,
change about 300 bbs at 81 H. Nothin.
done in city mills. The above figures show d,
decline of 81 cents per Dbl. sine c yesterday.
The market is very much unsettled Rye
Flour So III; Corn Meal :: I3.a $ zoo per bbi.
Grain and Sccds.--Tllo supply Of wheat is
small. Ahont 1000 bushels offered, and part
~ sol at 60 81 GS for gooi to prime yed,
IN extra lot at 81 10; white l. 72a ST rs p,r
buShcl. About - 900 bushels of Corn Offer
ed and purity sold at 81 G8 cents for white.
to 20 u II FIR yellow. Rye and Oats, no sales.
Clovtrsccl s. -; Timothy 3 a So p; Flax.
seed 81 40 per buslel.
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County Correspondence.
Correspondence Of The Cecil Wing.
letter from ChcsapcakP.
Giles !sPEAKE CITY, March Ii

lHES fPEAkE ClTY, March 10, '5i.
on Correspondents and Npw One--Sprine
E'epher-Arriral Of Tide ,catcr Cunt Bp0ts
Spring BusincSS--Improreme The
Nom Locks-Npm Bnaac-Afml Ro,!: cad
Post OGae-FIufh Horses Drowacl-
Hsokh Of The "CHy," sc.
DEAnMcsErTs :-Presuming from the pro-
tracted silence Of your correspondents, Cog,
and Schooner that they have ceased posting
up the items of the divided City,s' and tc-
licving that an occasional summary Of events
us they tlansrirc in This section, will prove
interesting to your numerous readers, as well
as highly tiatterng to my ambition for liter
AIRY fame, permit ne to enter the list of com
pctitors; and should you deem II skctc!, Ct
things &C .ur."ng, mere curiously than ssni.
liicantly set down, worthy place in YOU
columns, an effort will be made to give you
weekly, such II u tcrs as come under rly ne
tce, or within M knowledge.
During the present week, the weather has
as mncd a spring-like appearance, owing to
which tv r., dcpa,tn cnt of b ,sincSs is bt gill.
ming to he quite animated. The Steamer
Kingston ar'iHcd here to-lay from IIayrc dc
Grace, bringing III tew five Tide Water boats
the first of the scaSon-bound ria the Chcs
apcake and Delaware Canal to Philadelphia
laden with iron, wheat and corn.
The Spring trade may now be considered as
fairly commenced, and to meet its demand.
upon tie divide City," our merchants arc
making active preparations. Tic improve
ments of the place arc rapidly going on;-in-
lc>d, so extensive are they, that six days ard
nights Of the week are not sufficient to accom-.
pl!sh all, so that now it is quite common to
hear the sound of Tic hammer and saw On
Sunday.
The new work for the canal is going on
very spirit,dly, but obviously as regards lis
completion by the first of June Tie Canal
Company have thrown new bridge over III,
canal above tie upper locks, which, when
completed, is to be the place of crossing, in.
stead Of the present one some three hundred
yards lower down the canal. The present
mail route will, also, undergo change under
the new order of things, At that time an cf
fort will also he made to change the location
Of the Post Office. | expect tempest, and
the side of "Young America to come off vic.
torious.
On Yesterday, Mr.. Matthew Wood, who
resides about a mile from this place. on Back
Creek, lost a pair of valuable horses and some
forty or fifty bushels of corn, under the fol.
lowing circumstances. 1t appears that h,
was hauling corn from hs; barn to his land
ing en- The creek, for the purpose Of shipment
in approaching the Landing there is Iii! to
descend. in going down which the horses be
come unmana2,b bic, and upon reaching the
water both plunged in ten or twelve feet il,
depth, and were. drowned before any asss.
lance could be rendered
The health Of the city is generally good, as il
also that Of the surrounding ncighborhood.
UNION.
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a sectional minority.

sectional minority.
a!0y IN Indignant constituency rr'rard them
riM the opprobrium Of noa-political cri<t-
ence, and elect those who will carry out the
latter clause Of the 4lst article Of the BIZ of
Rights, which conveys by implication the
power of the Legislature to pass Prohihito-
~ Liquor Law. When that is accomplished
we will be able TO look with prophetic eye
into the future and see the consequent mil
lions that would have been spent in rum, cx-
pended in ploughsharcs and pruning hooks,
and all the various arts and sciences ofcivil-
Zcd life, and the foulest demon Of all demons
forgotten. A CEcrLroNIAx.
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RESISTANCE OF THE UNITED STATES AT
TnORlTIEs- in southern Missouri H.
gainst whom writs have been issued for dcs-
troying lumber belonging to the General Gov
ernment, have risen in open resistance to the
L. y. Officers sent to enforce obedience to the
writs. The U. y. Marshall was forced to
leave the district, and at last accounts was
surrounded in tavern by the outlaws who
demanded that he should he delivered up to
them. The citizens, however, were defending
him, and aid was to be sent to him from Fort
Gibson.
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ROAD NOTICE,

NOTICE is hereby given tI'll whom II may
the County Commissioners of Cecil county, ut
their first meeting after the 18th day of April,
next, to appoint three persons as Examiners
to view and lay ont a public road beginning
near the shop of VIM. J. Marchbank on the
Port Deposit road, thence Southwark through
and touching the lands of the said March
bank, Joseph 1laincs, John Marshall, John
England and others, to the road leading from
Ebcnczar Meeting House to Zion, at some
point near James F.. Odham's.
March IL, 1851 Nv
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PROHIBITION.



TIE GARDNER INQUEST. -Thc jury of In
quest into the cause Of the death of Doctor
Gardiner concluded their investigation on the
10th inst. Doctors Breed and Steiner Of the
Patent Office, who analysed the contents of
his stomach testified to having found therein
'Strychnine and brucine' in quantity more
than sufficient to have produced death. The
jury thcicupon rendered the verdict, that the
deceased :'calmc to his death from strychninc
and brucinc, voluntarily taken after convic-
ton and sentence"
In regard to these poisons the Frederick
Examiner says:
"For the information ofour readers we will
add that strychnlne is an alkaline substance,
obtained from the fruit of the nur r0mic0, a
well known drug. II is white substance,
crys!alizcd in very small four sided prisms,
and excessively bitter. 1t acts upon the
stomach with violent energy, inducing lock-
Jaw, and spasms with lucid interval, and dcs-
troying life. Brucine is also vegetable aka
Ii, extracted from the bark of the false angus
tura. In combination with strychnine, the
dose is less nauseous to the taste, but not less
virulent or fatal. Camphor has, within a few
months, been discovered to he the antidotc OF
strychnine."
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THE MONUMENT TO THE SIGNERs.-Eoth
branches of the legislature of Georgia have
passed bill to aid in the erection of the mon
umcnt in Philadelphia in honor of the signers
of the Declaration of Independence. This
makes seven States, and Massachusetts will
probably respond before tho adjournment Of
! the legislature.
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GD:'EGE.

TENIIERE will be an Election for Directors
i. Of The Farmers Steam Accommodation
Line of Maryland, held at Johnson's Hotel,
ELkTON, Maryland, on SATURDAY, April
the lst 1854, at II O'Clock \. NJ.
BY Order VIM. ii. GiLPIN.
March Is, lS1l--tm. Treasurer.
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\ NOVEL SuIr.-Thc gossiping circles of
Troy are agitatcd by suit, which has been
brought by IL gentleman, who attended ball
in that city, against the person who furnished
supper, One ofthc walters upset some coffee
upon the dress of the lady, spelling the gar
ment, which was valued at SIS. The pro-
tector of the lady has prosecuted to recover
the value of the dress.
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TIE LARGEST FLOWER.--lt is said that the
largest and perhaps the most remarkable pro-
duction of the floral kingdom, is the flower
called Rafllcsia Arnoldi-tliscovcrcd i'll Su-
matra, by Stamford Ratllcs and his friend,
DR.. Arnold This plant possesses neither
stem nor leaves, but is mere flower, which
grows parasitically from the stem of a species
Divine. Its roots, which penetrate the vine,
are very minute. The first appearance of
this flower is that ofa small knob or tubcr-
Gle Oh the bark of the Vine The knob grad
ually increases until it attains the size of a
large cabbage, and at length bursts forth into
gigantic flower. 1t is said that the diane
ter of the flower is three and half feet, its
weight fifteen pounds, and the hollow in its
centre of the capacity of fifteen pints. The
petals are an inch and half thick near the
base. The color isa brick red, inclining to
orange, marked occasionally with blotches of
white and of deeper rcd. The plant is din.
cious-thc stamens forming bearded circle
around large, fleshy eycrcsence in the CEN
tire, which is bcsct with thomy projections,
shaped like cows horns. The flower is CHI
dowed with a powerful, although disagree
able odor Its period of existence is brief.
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ANOTHER Mon AT ERlE.-Butdlo, March
1.-the mob at Erie again tore up the rail-
road track yesterday, in consequence of the
company running the trains through on the
connected tracks. The sheriff was present
exhorting the people to dcsst, but they hustl-
cd him away. Several of the prominent lead
crs Of the former riots tried dissuade the mob
from violence. The track was torn up for
about a half mile in the village of Erie.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, March 14h.-Gov. Biger,
now in this city, has received a dispatch from
Erie, stating that it was only switch which
was torn up to day and that travel is not in
tciruptcd to the slightest extent.
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Detroit, March 1.-THE Supreme Court
has finally de;ideJ that the Maine Liquor
Law is constitutional and the decision of the
NarIc county court il reversed.
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1flarrir0.

In Camden, \. j., on Wednesday lj.l in
SAINT by Rev. John W. Meas, Capt. HENRY
{. KING to Miss AK JANE MA:8EY, both Of
the above named place.
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DJTThe Governor of Connecticut has cp-
pointed, the 18th of April. to be observed as n
day of humiliation, fasting and prayer.
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AWFUL MORTALITY FROM ClIoLERA.-Mr.
Geo. Moore, of Crawford county, Geo, emil
grated to Grimes county, Texas, q couple Of
months ago, with his family, consisting Of
about Is persons, and GO blacks. Soon af-
ter arriving out the cholera appeared among
them, and at the last accounts II of his fam
lily, including himself, and 20 of his slaves
were dead, and the disease was still raging
among them. 1t is supposed to have been
contracted on the trip from New Orleans to
Galveston, rs they went out in a Gamer hay
Ing 400 other cmigran,s on board
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1.-THE Correspondents who furnishes us the
following communication has saved us the
trouble Of wri ling an editorial on the subject,
As We intended. The attention of the reader
Is called to his remarks
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GurciQn Nru's.
:
ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA

ONE HECK LITER FROM EUROPE.
The steamer Arabia arrived at Halifax Oh
Wednesday afternoon, bringing Liverpool
dates of the 4th.
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NOI'IS'E.

ENllE Partnership heretofore existing be-
Il tween the subscribers, under the firm Of
G. u j, MATTHEWS, is this day dissolved
by mutual consent. All pcrsous indebted to
said firm will please make payment, and those
having claims will present the same for settle
mclt to either Of the firm previous to the 18th
inst. March II, 1851 CIV
TIE MILLING will be continued at the
old stand by the subscriber, where he will br
happy to wait on all the old customers, and as
many new ones as may please to come, and
he will endeavor to give satisfaction.
Mar Is CIIAS. MATTHEW'S.
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Che G0itor's fircsi0e Galk.
"4f snapper-up Of unconsidcred trifies. -

1.-THE arbutus i'll the wood and the DAT.
fodil in the house-yard are in bloom-the buds
are swelling on the trees and the maple is rcd
as 0amc-thc fields are growing green and
the promise of bic ssoms is seen in the orchards
-ploughmcn a,'c in the field; here and there
Il farmer is sowing his oats, and the house
wife is busy giving orders, concerning Ecr
gar len. BY the river side the fishermen are
busily preparing their seincs sand everywhere
around the signs of spring and active business
are seen. How cheerful and hopeful all this
sc ems, and the more so, that it all treatls 50
closely on tie heels of Winter. There is,
nevertheless, danger that cold storms and
chilling eastern rains may come upon us the
dangers of these will not be past for month
yet.
81. Pa'richs Day.--Eor once, at Least the
patron saint of Old Erin, seems to have been
n 4 70 III HI M: on his iaI,l dry. Yest1r-
diy during the forenoon WAS Il beautiful
spring morn;ng-trl although the wind bl.w
n little 0rskl; in the afternoon, it was pleas
storm up till sun down. On Thursday there
was an att ,mpt at :s1uIll'' in small way,
Which lei m my to SnppoS, tint the lIth of
March must be, AMI only could be, Il day Of
storm, but to all neral rules the. C are cX-
ccltions and ST. Patrick's day, in this region
at least WAS as pleasant rs desirable at this
season of the ycar.
WaishNy atd Hummelshine, the over
whclmng Rcpot Of that Finance Committee
the might of whiskcy SONS to be i'll full tide
ofpowcr, and while old topcrs and young to-
pers oft N find tn: ms,lvts financially dcfnct,
we suppose the gentlemen who carry a IL
cease are financially Furnishing. How awful
to reflect on the fate of the young men about
If Streets who throng to the bottle dcns.
It needs no prophet to lorctcil their doom UNI
less they dcsiSt. Oh Young man,
"Dasl to the floor that bowl
Da!c not is sweets to sip
There's peril to the soul,
lfoncc it touch the lip.
Why will you drown
The God wthn!
Avoid the sim!
Aye, dash it eto%n"'
And how awful too, to think on the effect
of these Financial cstall ehmcn.S on the
community around them, in town or in coun-
try:
Should God in wrath ordain
A universal death,
What need He do, but rain
On all this green, glad earth,
From cloudy ur.is
The curse that ILLS
Our watts and stills,
That bliShts and burns
~
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welcome sound in the opening Spring: it be-
tokens that the suns genial warmth has reach
ed even his gloomy and cold winter retreat in
the bottom oithc pond ,and has thus made much
progress towards starting forth the vcrdur2 OF
the meadows, and the leaves and blossoms OF
the wood. 1t is lid that in Il certain s.fiSli-
ing section of this county the man who heard
the first "heTing frog" in the spring received
Il reward Of five dollars, upon making ailila-
Wit of the fact; but the uncertainty and un-
plo:itabcncss of the herring fisheries at the
head of the bay in these later days, has caus-
cd the discontinuance of that, among other
oil customs.
The voice of the frog has already been
heard in the marshes here away and as a ma
t r of course the herrings have come.
| Some poctical chap has undertaken to make
me of the frog in the following manner; lie
,uld not have been Frenchman, as they
III Ike game Of him in quite different way:
OF all the funny things that live
In woodland, marsh, or bog,
That creep the ground or fly the air,
The funniest things the frog.
The irogs-thc scicntliicct
Olnaturc's handy-wor!i-
The frog that neither walks nor runs,
But goes it with Il jerk.
With pants and coat Of bottle green,
And yellow fancy vest,
lie plunges into mud and laire-
All in his Sunday best;
When he sits down, he's standing up,
| AS Paddy O'kinn once said;
And for convenience sake he wears
Ills eyes on the top Of his head.
You sec him sitting on log,
Above the s.vasty Deep
You feel inclined to say "Old Chap,
Just look before you lcap!'
You raise your cane to hit him on
His ugly looking mug;
But ere you get it half way up,
Adown he goes ''kcrchug.''
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The Present Mode of Weighing Grain.
TO THE EDITOR OLE THE HERAIn

There has been much said Of late at the Corn Ex-
change about the mode of delivering cargoes
grain of various kinds. Wheat, corn rye oats barley
and malt are sold and bought by weight, each having
standard weight fxed by statute viz busel of wheat
Is sixty lbs, bushel Of fifty six lbs bushel of
oats thirty lbs, &c. The custom for long time
adopted by persons buying, selling and dealing in grain
OF various kinds, has been and is at presently buy
and sell by weight. And the mode at present adopted
for ascertainng the weight of cargo of grain to
measure one hundred bushels weigh bushel out of
els SO measured by the weight of the bushe weighed
100 bushels, weight 81 lbs. 8 OF.
g - 81 lbs. oz.=203 bush, 32lbs IL OF.
1t will be seen at by close observer and more
especially by those well acquainted with the mode of
weighing cargoes of erain that the mode at present in
use is not only antquated and incorrect but Is too
tardy and liable to fraud, either unintentonally or
through negligence.
What the corn trade want, and must have
eventually ia some mode by which cargoes Of grain Of
all kindscan be weighed screamed and bagged without
the aid Of the antquated half bushe
Now, here is chance for some of the chanics
OF New York, who has inventive genius enough, to
posterity from generation to generation.
The number Of bushels of grain weighed in and out
Of store ships, barges &C., in year. is at least
20 600 600 Of bushels and at half cent per bushel
the price paid for weighing grain would amount to
VI 0O0 00c-an immense fortune that could be made in
one year by one man, with q number of machines 80
constructed TO meet the requirements OF the trade
Who of our mechanics viii invent such q machine
There certainly genius enough among of them to
get up model at least and exhibit it at the Corn Ex
change. RHO.
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name h:aei .s s:s s:::
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i; SSss:s j.
nit and had been delayed BY CONTRARY winds. - '' -
poss,s Is Fl f NC
bs beach the ss inst: The Wind being stormy from
sa snS % Rs the -.
ssi s. " :s
$40 500. cargo had ali been landed without dsnsss
asss +, nj. si
during Is. hsi s h and s
noon we'll mp beach II is reported that hsr dsoh
Witch Va: si
Notices TO Mariners.
v Ts ss' sn s g ss:
5s1 sss1 Ss
sS &c R. !. sss; Esss
y sdss Of tho ms,fd % o has been removed
.ryo,. Inn. Issthous' Inspector Third District
Whalemen.
south ss m.Hss FL. :s ssh from .s
sf'sS 4 II ss
i'a Sass: pc sss
sSn s' q @ VIII
whale oil from the Arctic Ocean The Psrana has been
Ssmsss beyond sss loss e
time.
Foreign Ports.
YABAooA-No Am vessel in port Jurc |,
Home Ports.
Frendship' Port Deposit Sid brig Flora Hubbard, Bss
BADGES.
BANG0R-Arr June IL sohr Zicavo, Dodge, Rondout.
NEW LoNDoH--Arr June 10, steamer Chas Ossood
Smith. NYork for Norwich.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES juno 10. Pm, brig Sylyins Berry,
Cisnfucgos ~ days schrs sleed somers, Mobile; Susan
Richards Camden. Cid schr Cen Cameron, Tco, NIaven
thhrr steamship State 81 Georgia, Garvnt Savannahs
scbrs ouisa Margaret, Matthias Aguez 30 days; En-
tesprise Rnssel Calais kinr 6arliAle Providence
Lady Suffolk, Bnker BOSTON, Caroline N Wilson, Camp.
proyidencei Sophia Godfrey, Williams, Boston.
Pbiiadelpbis,