The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-02-11
Correspondence of The Cecil Whig.l
Letter from sScraggs,'

fecfions-R4i", Crops, Cattle, Hogs, Horses
| --Cajofnm mi Oreeon-SnmiriM Isles
| Jpaa-Chdnn-Rnssin and Tmkey-Ncpo-
t"on's prophery-4iaSfrm a"d the .Jcrs-
Hungary aud Holy.
DEAR RICKETTS, Having been so long a
time a detimiter in correspondence. and AS o.e
ofthosc immense strides of TINE, BY which
his course is convcntionally chroniclcd It'll
time shall he no more" has just lasSed, and
another has begun, feel moved to offer my
humble greetings to you and the many readers
of the mllasging WING. And if you will
BEAR witha little cgotism) 7 Ito this with the
| pride of II pi0l in your columns, as it is not
rerg long time ago. since | was one of Il
small cohort of correspondents and contriLu-
tors, who did moa possible then to figure OH
yorr ages, and to aniusc those who would
d"isn to be amused, for n passing moment,
BY our m. rvtcling efforts. But now, look
-'o2rimrnto. presto! changc!"- you
have such galaxy of glittcring gold lens run
ming, asifby steam, for your weekly ''pro-
n""c"rmcnfo," that whereas used to ospirc
10 stand, like Saul, among the prophets, "a
head and shoulders taller than the rest Il am
compelled, alas! to 'hidc my diminished
head, feeling like one of Tic genuine lilirut.
little ms ofGullvcrian notoricty. Wen, lest
ambition, that is to say, an i"ordinatr ambi.
ton. with nc, as with Donarartc, (l.ow fond
we arc of a fancicd greatness, by affecting JAY.
Imposition with such magnat,s y should bc Tho
ruin ofmc, l had better fold my arms witt
no"cha,n'ce, and in grand STYLE say with him,
-"EA bicn, c'tnqne homnic IN destin &C.
comphr '-which, for the sake of some, shall
not consider it immodcst to rcndcr,-"A Ali
well, every man has a destiny to fulfil. =
This may be a moot-point with some it il
not so with me-
Perhaps l may be borne with if say, that
If there is any one time more than another, all
which feel called upon to bring under rigid
review my past career, and earnestly and hope
fully desire better future, it is while one yea
is expiring, and another is born. For this
an epitomc oflifc. And truly, while see il
my PAST little to approve, cannot avoid pei
cciving so much TO ccnsurc, that, like an az
cicnt potcntatc, too am e,'turhcd and stan
tied by the writing on the wall, -"Mene, III,
he, tckcl, upharsin !"-"Wcighcd in the ba
ancc, and found wanting"
Notwithstanding there has been no IA
here for eight months sufficient to swell OF
| sluggish, obstinate river (Which, like son
people, always riN have its own course in
steamboat navigabiity, there was enough
make pretty good crops. Beef, on foot, oy
ing to the past present, and prospective
mand for California, has risen here, fifty
one hundred per cent-whilc pork, alive, ov
ing to the increased quantity of hogs. is wort
onyS2. so nett, against S4.00 this time la
year. Avery few years ago, good COW an
calf were worth about $500 to sS.OO--nov
they (cows) command ~i'hom calf, 500
to $500 each. Oxen, then, $4,000 to $50
GOA yoke. Now, such bring $1,000 to 500
co. Horses, which then brought $500 t
$4,000, now sell for $500 to $4,000. The
California and Oregon fever has nearly every
other man of our community on his head -
hors d" sense! (bcsidc himseyD Fact-"Grcat
country this, we live in!''
Although | am looking to sec the Hawaiian
islands to be anA'd, perhaps will wait for
that little strip ofrail road to the Pacific to be
laid, before "step orcr'' there, on the top of
some fine morning. (Arah, maybe then
might take up Docthur O'Toole's profshun,
an get 1.-TWO hundred pound yeer, an the
run O. the kcctchen, be daddy
On another "tcck, )" it was gratifying, some
time ago, to perceive that Commodore Perry
had Japalned his commission so handsomely
all over. Here have been the hinges of a
great door ofcommcrce very Sticky creased;
and that door which has been so long almost
intact closed to the world, is now spread
wide to the limitlcss, ncvcr-stop, progressive
Yankee.
A little further on, we behold in China,
''the stately stcppings" of jehovah, in the
wonderful subversion of dcep-rootcd Pagan
ism, through the instrumentaity of such
humble agents as our christian missionaries,
and wor !-lIurrah for wr! IA great way off, J
say I.
Then again, "The Eastern Question, " as
editors. are wont to term the Russian and
Turkish ''muss, is exciting in many '.look-
ers on in Vienna" and elsewhere quite an alb
sorbing interest, as well as some decided
speculative hits, and dare say some very
prominent failures. II suppose the lumber
dealers at Elkton are rubbing their hands
over the rise of boards, on account of the great
demand for pine cotins over yondcr) AS the
greedy Bear of Siberia, under the flimsy cloak
ofhusging and protecting the christian church.
is secretly desiring and schcming to lay his
paw upon, and to engorgc all the Turkeys, in
Europe and Asia, Turkey in Europe and
Turkey in Asia,) do hope and trust the lat
ter will tear off every shirt-tail from his tat
terdemalions, if there is such thing as a
shirt to one of their backs. Of the two, give
me the pure principles of Islamism any time,
before the canting hypocrisy of Nicholas. If
the prophetic words of Napoleon, to O'Meara
said to have been uttered about thirty five
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