The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-02-11
A coed story is told of Col. Benton in con-

ent, gentleman remarked to him that he had
not expressed his opinion in regard to Mr..
Douglas and his bill. "ih! no gentlemen, {"
said the Colonel, ~ have not said anything a.
bout Mr. Douglas and his bill lie reminds
me of an old farmer who hal an ,lnruly bull
The bull had a habit cfjwmpinS very high,
and Of running at people, besides other disa.
greal,ic ants troGhlt some tricks so one day
hc far4ner went ou. 70 s.:oot The IL 1iis ne
FRO ma, inquired what he was going to do.
Goin@ TO kill the bull, he replied, going to
Kill Tie bull, Sambo.' Whcr,upon Samho
rcoincd What for you going to shoot the
bull, massa? dat amt no Use: he jrmp so high
he broke his ncc.:.. >" The Col. evidently thinks
i. as well to leave NJ. Douglas 20 hi; fac.
1T:.N" of the Baltimore Sun in his Wash
iagton letter of Yesterday, says:
| The Nebraska bill has not BEEN damaged
by the speeches Of Mc>s"s. Everett and Smith
in the Senate, though the speech Of Mr.. Ever
It was very eloquent and that Of Mr.. Trl-
man Smith fill Of learning, he havinga wllol,
library b fire him as he was speaking. Gen.
CasS will take charge Of Mr. Eycre,t's arg,.
mcnts AM, the chairman of the commit c.
on territories will doubtless dispose of Mr..
Smiths library, and the bill will PASS the
Senate, without further am,n>m>nt.
ElECrIoN0r DIRECTORS. an election
hold at the Banking House of Il Union Bank
Of Delaware, on Monday last, the 9th inst,
the following gentlemen were elected Direct.
ors for the ensuing year: f. W. Gillin, John
II. Price, Alfred Du Pont, James r. Price,
Merritt Candy, James c. Akin, Edward Il.
B,llach Victor Du Pont
COUNTERFEIT. Twenty dollar bills altered
from genuine thrcs of the Bank of Smyrna
Del, 10y the pas ing pro 'c'S, are al by the
Phla. Ledger, to he in circulation. OF this
fraudulent bill the Nianetc is a sailing vessel
and steamboat: on rigat end, head Of Wash
ington on Lift, drove of Cattle The gcninc
POS are altogether d:hircnt.-D /. Joarml.
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GRNNnLL LAND.-T..c London .tthcnHum
in reviewing Dr. Names narrative of tAc Uni
eds atcS Grinncll expedition which has betn
published in London, ackn' Wedges that this
cXpodi ion was the first to discover s'G.'inncl
Land, WHICH the British authorities have
called FRINGE Albert Land. claiming that il
was first ii ;covcrcd By the British explorers.
Custom DrrlES OF BALTIMORE. Tile IN
come ofrvcnuc collected at the port of Balti
more during the last two months, has been
very considerable. We l,aua from the United
States Treasurer, at Washington, that the
amount for December and January was $l72,-
Gee, being an excess Of S54 0n0 over the cor
rcSpondcn;n~ months flaSt y,ar.-Sun.
New ORLEANS, Feb. Six steamboats,
were destroyed by the fire of yesterday,
namely. the Chas. B,lchcr, Natchcz, Mohc-
gan, SaXon, Grand Turk, Leah and Luna
They arc valu,dat $500 Coo, and mostly in
suud in Western Offices. The remainder of
the property destroyed was mostly insured in
this city, chiefly at the Crescent office.
The totol less is va"iou>.;. estimated at
500 600 to 81 100000.
SlR JonN FRANKLIN British .Admi-
raty have announced that if intelligence of
Sir John Franklin or his ships, the Ercbus
and Terror, and Of the officers and crew, be-
ing alive, is not received by the 3lSt Of March
next they will be considered a. having died
in her Majesty service
->s~S
nearly all the private commercial correspond
cncc received at New York by the Arabia, it is
said, is of such a character as to forbid any
expectation of peace, or that England will be
able much longer to refrain from taking an
active and leading part against Russia.
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DELAWARE COLLEGE LEorUEEs. Our thanks
ar, due to Professor Porter for Complmcl-
tary Ticket to a course of Lectures at Della
ware College. On the 18th inst Prof. lIaidc-
man lectures Oh Natural History: on the 9th
Prof. Ferris OH Mineral Poisons, on March 3rd
Prof. Porter on Ericsson s Galore Engine;"
on the 10th Of March Prof. Grover on Scan
uinania.
PUNISHMENT OF GAMBLING.- Senate
of Georgia has passed bill to punish the
keeping of faro Or other gambling tables or
establishments, with Imprisonment in the
penitcntiary from one to five years. We
should be glad to see such a law enforced in
every state in the Union.-Bah. american.
JENNY LIND.--tn English paper learns
ION excellent authority" that Mr.. Mitchell,
the London manager, has concluded an en-